 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.  Confessions of an English Opium-eater - Page 73by Thomas De Quincey - 1847 - 49 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Morris Edmund Speare - English essays - 1927 - 76 pages
...brought together all creatures, birds, beasts, reptiles, that are found in all tropical regions. . . 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... | |
 | Alcoholism - 1969 - 292 pages
...mythological or oriental scenes often tyrannized over his imagination. "From kindred feelings," says he, "I soon brought Egypt and all her gods under the same...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... | |
 | Luther S. Luedtke - Literary Criticism - 1989 - 316 pages
...De Quincey wrote, "I brought together all creatures, birds, beasts, reptiles, all trees and plants, usages and appearances, that are found in all tropical regions, and assembled them together in China or Hindostan. From kindred feelings, I soon brought Egypt and her gods under the same law." "The mere... | |
 | Stephen Bygrave - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 364 pages
...conscience in English Romantic literature, as well as the most consummate example of Romantic Orientalism: 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... | |
 | Mordecai Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt Cooke - Fiction - 1997 - 308 pages
...vertical sunlights, I brought together all creatures — birds, beasts, reptiles; all trees and plants, usages and appearances, that are found in all tropical regions, and assembled them together in China or Hindostan. From kindred feelings, I brought Egypt and her gods under the same law. I was stared at,... | |
 | Peter Mason - Acculturation - 1998 - 304 pages
...vertical sun-lights, I brought together all creatures, birds, beast, reptiles, all trees and plants, usages and appearances, that are found in all tropical...and assembled them together in China or Indostan" (1986, 109). The simple amassing of objects that de Quincey's visions or Van Kessel's painting of "America"... | |
 | C. C. Barfoot, Theo d'. Haen - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 308 pages
...vertical sunlights, I brought together all creatures, birds, beasts, reptiles, all trees and plants, usages and appearances, that are found in all tropical regions, and assembled them together in China or Hindostan. From kindred feelings, I soon brought Egypt and her gods under the same law .... I ran into... | |
 | Ansley Hamid - Drug abuse - 1998 - 354 pages
...sensuously detailed novels, poems, and paintings. An "opium eater," Thomas De Quincey (1856/1960) enthused: I was stared at, hooted at, grinned at, chattered at, by monkeys, by paroquets, by cocatoos. I ran into pagodas, and was fixed for centuries at the summit, or in secret... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 356 pages
...vertical sun-lights, I brought together all creatures, birds, beasts, reptiles, all trees and plants, usages and appearances, that are found in all tropical...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... | |
 | Theo d'. Haen, Theo d' Haen, P. Th. M. G. Liebregts, Wim Tigges, Colin J. Ewen - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 324 pages
...vertical sun-lights, I brought together all creatures, birds, beasts, reptiles, all trees and plants, usages and appearances, that are found in all tropical...assembled them together in China or Indostan. From kindred teelings, I soon brought Egypt and all her gods under the same law. I was stared at, hooted at, grinned... | |
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