 ... of the world within me ! That my pains had vanished, was now a trifle in my eyes : — this negative effect was swallowed up in the immensity of those positive effects which had opened before me — in the abyss of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed....  Confessions of an English Opium-eater - Page 68by Thomas De Quincey - 1847 - 49 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1853 - 816 pages
...the abyss of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed. Here was a panacea - a ipapaxiKov vrfirtvSit for all human woes. Here was the secret of happiness...pocket : portable ecstasies might be had corked up in a pint-bottle ; and peace of mind could be sent down in gallons by the mail-coach." Those who understand... | |
 | England - 1877 - 798 pages
...divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed. Here was a panacea — a ./I-.i i< t .... vrlTTtvtirt — for all human woes : here was the secret of happiness,...pocket ; portable ecstasies might be had corked up in a pintbottle ; and peace of mind could be sent down by the mail." With this affectionate banter and playful... | |
 | 1821 - 724 pages
...of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed. Here was a panacea — а фс^/итхс» «í«rv9if for all human woes: here was the secret of happiness,...discovered: happiness might now be bought for a penny, and car- ' ried in the waistcoat pocket: portable ecstacies might be had corked * Evaneiccd : — this... | |
 | 1822 - 962 pages
...the abyss of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed. Here was a panacea — a $«{;.• *xw smmSt; for all human woes : here was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed /or so many age*, at once discovered : happiness might now be bought for a penny, and carried in the... | |
 | England - 1823 - 478 pages
...— in the abyss of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed. Here was a panacea — a ^UMO-/ nviyStt for all human woes: here was the secret of happiness,...mind could be sent down in gallons by the mail coach. Hut, if I talk in this way, the reader will think I am laughing : and I can assure him, that nobody... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1858 - 690 pages
...happiness can be bought for a penny and carried in the waistcoat pocket ; and portable ecstacies may be had corked up in a pint bottle, and peace of mind be sent down in gallons by the mail coach." Thomas De Quincey, the famous English opium eater, has... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1850 - 316 pages
...in the abyss of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed. Here was a panacea, a tpayfiaxor rintrQif, for all human woes ; here was the secret of happiness,...discovered ; happiness might now be bought for a penny, and * Evanesced: — this way of going off from the stage of life appears to have been well known in the... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Authors, English - 1850 - 300 pages
...the abyss of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed. Here was a panacea, a ifaQfiaxov rm•r&•s, for all human woes ; here was the secret of happiness,...discovered ; happiness might now be bought for a penny, and * Evanesced: —this way of going off from the stage of life appears to have been well known in the... | |
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