 | George Combe - 1845 - 498 דפים
...better known as the ' English Opium-Eater." 'The- sense of space,' says he, ' and, in the end, the srnsr of time were both powerfully affected. Buildings,...were exhibited in proportions so vast as the bodily eve is not fitted to receive. Space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity.... | |
 | 1845 - 434 דפים
...reaction which followed his opium-diet, and which he has so graphically depicted. He says,* that " the sense of space, and, in the end, the sense of time, were both painfully affected. Buildings, landscapes, &c., were exhibited in proportions so vast as the bodily... | |
 | 1845 - 204 דפים
...reaction which followed his opium-diet, and which he has so graphically depicted. He says,* that " the sense of space, and, in the end, the sense of time, were both painfully affected. Buildings, landscapes, &c., were exhibited in proportions so vast as the bodily... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 דפים
...amounting at least to utter darkness, as of some suicidal despondency, cannot be approached by words. 3. The sense of space, and in the end the sense of time,...Buildings, landscapes, &c. were exhibited in proportions soivast as the bodily eye is not fitted to receive. Space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of... | |
 | Charles Henry Augustus Bulkley - 1848 - 204 דפים
...notice of Mr. De Quincey, better known as the ' English Opium-eater.' ' The sense of space,' says he, ' and, in the end, the sense of time, were both powerfully affected. Buildings, landscapes, &c. were both exhibited in proportions so vast ihat the bodily eye is not fitted to receive. Space swelled,... | |
 | 1852 - 274 דפים
...when under the influence of opium — " the sense of Space and in the end of Time were," he states, " both powerfully affected. Buildings, landscapes, &c.,...fitted to receive. Space swelled, and was amplified to a sense of unutterable infinity. This, however, did not disturb me so much as the vast expansion of... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 290 דפים
...at least to utter • darkness, as of some suicidal despondency, cannot be approached by words. III. The sense of space, and in the end the sense of time,...unutterable infinity. This, however, did not disturb rne so much as the vast expansion of time. I sometimes seemed to have lived for seventy or one hundred... | |
 | John Charles Peters - 1854 - 150 דפים
...attended these gorgeous spectacles, amounted at least to utter darkness, as of some suicidal despondency. The sense of space, and in the end, the sense of time,...landscapes, &c., were exhibited in proportions so vast, that the bodily eye was not fitted to receive them; space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of... | |
 | John Charles Peters - 1854 - 150 דפים
...attended these gorgeous spectacles, amounted at least to utter darkness, as of some suicidal despondency. The sense of space, and in the end, the sense of time,...landscapes, &c., were exhibited in proportions so vast, that the bodily eye was not fitted to receive them; space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of... | |
 | William Hone - 1859 - 854 דפים
...space, and, in the end, the sense of time, were both powerfully affected. Buildings and landscapes were exhibited in proportions so vast as the bodily eye is not fitted to receive; space swe'led, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity. This, however, did not disturb me... | |
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The sense of space, and in the end the sense of time, were both powerfully affected. Buildings, landscapes, &c., were exhibited in proportions so vast as the bodily eye is not fitted to receive. Space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable... 
