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...f the original subject is lost. De Quincey divides his writings into three groups: first, that class which “proposes primarily to amuse the reader, bu... ...tobiographic Sketches and the Literary Reminiscences. As a second class he groups “those papers which address them- selves purely to the understanding... ...h it was that distributed over the face of the land, like the open- ing of apocalyptic vials, the heart-shaking news of T rafalgar, of Salamanca, of V... ...nical yet natural, in great national tidings,—for revelations of faces and groups that could not offer themselves amongst the fluc- tuating mobs of a ...

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... when the one side yearned for breakfast, and the other for a respite: the groups, therefore, on or about the bridge, if any at all, were loose in the... ...abitually a life of power, though in a world of religious mysticism and of apocalyptic visions. To him, being such a man by nature and by habit, it wa... ...n churches in the Society, Friendly, and Sandwich Islands—as well as other groups less known in the South Seas; Admiral H. A., on assuming the command... ... from independent states, in all quarters of the earth, with how many more groups might the spectacle have been crowded, and especially of those who f...

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...ts own Program) became the astonish- ment and horror of mankind; a kind of Apocalyptic Con- vention, or black Dream become real; concerning which Hist... ...ll end.”—Rumour may spread over Paris: the Convention clusters itself into groups; wide- eyed, whispering, “Danton arrested!” Who then is safe? Legend... ...ns, Billauds, to whom with my Etre Su- preme I have become a bore; with my Apocalyptic Old Woman a laughing-stock!—So stalks he, this poor Robespierre... ...ld also instead of the old grim Tappe-durs of Robespierre, what new street-groups are these? Young men habited not in black-shag Carmagnole spencer, b...

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...cent, and that she herself was “a lady in the land.” These are fine marble groups, but they are not the warm breathing realities of Shakspeare; there ... ...ch compose the harsh physiognomy of what we call worldliness in the living groups of life, must unavoidably present themselves in books. A library div... ... the most ingenious of men unac- quainted with Marshall Hall, and with the apocalyptic glimpses of secrets unfolding under the hands of Professor Owen...

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...hes it was that distributed over the face of the land, like the opening of apocalyptic vials, the heart-shaking news of Trafalgar, of Salamanca, of Vi... ...at could not have offered them- selves amongst the hurried and fluctuating groups of a rail- way station. The gatherings of gazers about a mail-coach ... ...the first performances of the arts. Copies of the most famous statues, and groups of sculpture in the precious metals; trophies of victories; models o... ...y, covering and closing all, was a vast scarlet canopy, which combined the groups be- neath to the eye, and threw the whole into the form that a paint...

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... clumps of lilac and yellow acacia. Also, there were a few insignifi- cant groups of slender-leaved, pointed-tipped birch trees, with, under two of th... ...od folk had even declared the letters of Napoleon’s name to constitute the Apocalyptic cipher! As a last resort, the tchinovniks decided to question N... ...ht, one in the middle, and one to the left, after the fashion of triumphal groups of statuary. Above them, on the box seat, were seated a coachman and...

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...er hand, also like millions of other Americans, he has spent many years working hard to save the planet for all future generations. Because these two groups are not mutually exclusive, they overlap, meaning millions of Americans do both. In other words, for many years now, Ed has been alternating back and forth like a binary (on/off) switch between being conscious of one, ...

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...uzzing in eager expectancy, begins heaping and shaping itself into organic groups. Which organic groups, again, hold smaller organic grouplets: the in... ...nds, in those days. If poor famishing men shall, prior to death, gather in groups and crowds, as the poor fieldfares and plovers do in bitter weather,... ...avellers pause; patriot gallery-men, miscellaneous spectators increase the groups. Wild counsels alternate. Some desperate Deputies propose to go and ... ... ram masks start together, terror-struck; ‘into expressive well- concerted groups!’ It is indeed, Friends, a most singular, most fatal thing. Let whos... ... license, and leaden badges. Blue National Guards ruthlessly dissipate all groups; scour, with levelled bayonets, the Palais Royal itself. Pass, on yo... ... its own Program) became the astonishment and horror of mankind; a kind of Apocalyptic Convention, or black Dream become real; concerning which Histor... ...three scoundrels, supreme, to be assassinated, at Feast of Etre Su- preme, apocalyptic, Theot, on Couthon’s plot-decree, reserved, his schemes, fails ...

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...ation of their horses; the dream of M. Jean Marteau, aimless, extravagant, apocalyptic, and of all the dreams one ever dreamt, the most essentially dr... ...w mobs of horses assembled on the commons with soldiers guarding them, and groups of villagers looking on silently at the officers with their note-boo... ...ces; the echoes of distant shouts entered the open windows of our bedroom. Groups of men talking noisily walked in the middle of the road-way es- cort... ...or many centu- ries now without the sun seeing scattered over all the seas groups of British men whose material and moral existence is conditioned by ... ...n still apart in their homeless, childless generations, scattered in loyal groups over all the seas, giving faithful care to their ships and serving t...