The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey Volume I

Fiction & Literature, Classics, Biography & Memoir

• Author: Thomas De Quincey
• ISBN: 1230000257704
• Publisher: The Perfect Library
• Publication: August 4, 2014
• Language: English

The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey Volume I
Thomas De Quincey, english essayist (1785-1859)

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Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- DEDECATION
-03- PREFACE
-04- GENERAL INTRODUCTION
-05- VOLUME I. THE POSTHUMOUS WORKS OF THOMAS DE QUINCEY
-06- SUSPIRIA DE PROFUNDIS
-07- THE LOVELIEST SIGHT FOR WOMAN'S EYES
-08- WHY THE PAGANS COULD NOT INVEST THEIR GODS WITH ANY IOTA OF GRANDEUR
-09- ON PAGAN SACRIFICES
-10- ON THE MYTHUS
-11- DAVID'S NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE
-12- THE JEWS AS A SEPARATE PEOPLE
-13- WHAT IS TRUTH
-14- WHAT SCALIGER SAYS ABOUT THE EPISTLE TO JUDE
-15- MURDER AS A FINE ART
-16- ANECDOTES, JUVENAL
-17- ANNA LOUISA
-18- SOME THOUGHTS ON BIOGRAPHY
-19- GREAT FORGERS
-20- DANIEL O'CONNELL
-21- FRANCE PAST AND FRANCE PRESENT
-22- ROME'S RECRUITS AND ENGLAND'S RECRUITS
-23- NATIONAL MANNERS AND FALSE JUDGMENT OF THEM
-24- INCREASED POSSIBILITIES OF SYMPATHY IN THE PRESENT AGE
-25- THE PRINCIPLE OF EVIL
-26- ON MIRACLES
-27- 'LET HIM COME DOWN FROM THE CROSS
-28- IS THE HUMAN RACE ON THE DOWN GRADE
-29- BREVIA
-30- OMITTED PASSAGES AND VARIATIONS