Description: Antique book titled "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Autobiographic Sketches" by Thomas De Quincy, published by James R. Osgood and Co., Boston, 1873, 383 pp., 7-1/2" x 5", over 150 years old. This is a true story of one man's addiction to opium. From the Author to the Reader , "I here present you, courteous reader, with the record of a remarkable period of my life; according to my application of it, I trust that it will prove, not merely an interesting record, but, in a considerable degree, useful and instructive. In that hope it is that I have drawn it up and that must be my apology for breaking through that delicate and honorable reserve, which for the most part, restrains us from the public exposure of our own errors and infirmities. Nothing, indeed is more revolting to English feelings than the spectacle of a human being obtruding on our notice his moral ulcers, or scars, and tearing away that decent drapery which time, or indulgence to human frailty, may have drawn over them; accordingly, the greater part of our confessions.
Price: 35 USD
Location: Wampsville, New York
End Time: 2024-10-22T01:00:53.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: J.R. Osgood & Co.
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
