 I was stared at, hooted at, grinned at, chattered at, by monkeys, by paroquets, by cockatoos. I ran into pagodas, and was fixed, for centuries, at the summit, or in secret rooms: I was the idol; I was the priest; I was worshipped; I was sacrificed..  De Quincey's Writings: Confessions of an English opium-eater, and Suspiria ... - Page 118by Thomas De Quincey - 1853Full view - About this book
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