The Posthumous Works Of Thomas De Quincey

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Author

De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859

Title

The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1

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English

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PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English essays

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eBook-No.

23788

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23788

Release Date

December 9, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE POSTHUMOUS WORKS — OF — THOMAS DE QUINCEY. — EDITED FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS., WITH INTRODUCTIONS AND NOTES. — BY
2. 2.ALEXANDER H. JAPP, — VOLUME I.
3. 3.THOMAS DE QUINCEY.
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.GENERAL INTRODUCTION. — DE QUINCEY'S POSTHUMOUS WORKS.
7. 7.I. SUSPIRIA DE PROFUNDIS. — Introduction, with Complete List of the 'Suspiria.' — SUSPIRIA DE PROFUNDIS. — 1.— The Dark Interpreter . — 2.— The Solitude of Childhood. — 3.— Who is this Woman that beckoneth and warneth me from the Place where she is, and in whose Eyes is Woeful Remembrance? I guess who she is. — 4.—THE PRINCESS WHO OVERLOOKED ONE SEED IN A POMEGRANATE. — 5.—NOTES FOR 'SUSPIRIA.' — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.II. THE LOVELIEST SIGHT FOR WOMAN'S EYES. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.III. WHY THE PAGANS COULD NOT INVEST THEIR GODS WITH ANY IOTA OF GRANDEUR.
10. 10.IV. ON PAGAN SACRIFICES.
11. 11.V. ON THE MYTHUS.
12. 12.VI. DAVID'S NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE—THE POLITICS OF THE SITUATION. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.VII. THE JEWS AS A SEPARATE PEOPLE.
14. 14.VIII. 'WHAT IS TRUTH?' THE JESTING PILATE SAID—A FALSE GLOSS.
15. 15.IX. WHAT SCALIGER SAYS ABOUT THE EPISTLE TO JUDE.
16. 16.X. MURDER AS A FINE ART. — (SOME NOTES FOR A NEW PAPER.) — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.XI. ANECDOTES—JUVENAL. — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.XII. ANNA LOUISA. — SPECIMEN TRANSLATION FROM VOSS IN HEXAMETERS, WITH LETTER TO PROFESSOR W. ('CHRISTOPHER NORTH'). — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.XIII. SOME THOUGHTS ON BIOGRAPHY. — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.XIV. GREAT FORGERS: CHATTERTON AND WALPOLE, AND 'JUNIUS.' — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.XV. DANIEL O'CONNELL. — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.XVI. FRANCE PAST AND FRANCE PRESENT.
23. 23.XVII. ROME'S RECRUITS AND ENGLAND'S RECRUITS. — FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.XVIII. NATIONAL MANNERS AND FALSE JUDGMENT OF THEM.
25. 25.XIX. INCREASED POSSIBILITIES OF SYMPATHY IN THE PRESENT AGE. — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.XX. THE PRINCIPLE OF EVIL.
27. 27.XXI. ON MIRACLES.
28. 28.XXII. 'LET HIM COME DOWN FROM THE CROSS.'
29. 29.XXIII. IS THE HUMAN RACE ON THE DOWN GRADE?
30. 30.XXIV. BREVIA: SHORT ESSAYS (IN CONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER. ) — 1.— Paganism and Christianity—the Ideas of Duty and Holiness. — 2.—MORAL AND PRACTICAL. — 3.—On Words And Style. — 4.— Theological and Religious . — 5.—Political, etc. — 6.—Personal Confessions, etc. — 7.— Pagan Literature . — 8.— Historical, etc. — 9.— Literary . — FOOTNOTES:
31. 31.XXV. OMITTED PASSAGES AND VARIATIONS. — 1.— The Rhapsodoi . — 2.—Mrs. Evans and the 'Gazette.' — 3.— A Lawsuit Legacy . — 4.— The True Justifications of War. — 5.— Philosophy Defeated. — 6.— The Highwayman's Skeleton . — 7.— The Ransom for Waterloo . — 8.— Desiderium. — FOOTNOTES: — THE END.

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