The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey Volume I

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