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" ... interesting; interesting moreover by means of those very qualities which guarantee their non-popularity. The same qualities which will be found forbidding to the worldly and the thoughtless, which will be found insipid to many even amongst robust... "
De Quincey's Writings - Page 147
by Thomas De Quincey - 1850
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The North British Review, Volume 10

English literature - 1849 - 636 pages
...ever has, ranks amongst writers whose works are destined to bo for ever unpopular, and yet for ever interesting; interesting, moreover, by means of those...and unobtrusive to catch the ear of the noisy crowd, clamouring for strong sensations. But this retiring delicacy itself, the pensiveness chequered by gleams...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 16

1849 - 588 pages
...audience in every generation. The prose essays under the signature of Ella form the most delightftl section amongst Lamb's works. They traverse a peculiar...sensations. But this retiring delicacy itself, the pensivencss chequered by gleams of the fanciful, and the humor that is touched with cross-lights of...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 39

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1856 - 686 pages
...the essays of Elia traverse a " peculiar field of observation sequestered from general interest;" and are composed in a " spirit too delicate and unobtrusive to catch the ear of the noisy crowd, clamouring for strong sensations." In this quality, however, lies the charm they present to the fit...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 39

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1856 - 686 pages
...the essays of Elia traverse a " peculiar field of observation sequestered from general interest;" and are composed in a " spirit too delicate and unobtrusive to catch the ear of the noisy crowd, clamouring for strong sensations." In this quality, however, lies the charm they present to the fit...
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“The” Works of Thomas De Quincey: Leaders in literature

Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 368 pages
...which guarantee their non-popularity. The same qualities which will be found forbidding to the world and the thoughtless, which will be found insipid to...delightful section amongst Lamb's works. They traverse a pecuused in Scripture than elsewhere, but is so exclusively significant or intelligible amidst the...
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De Quincey's works, Volume 8

Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 366 pages
...which guarantee their non-popularity. The same qualities which will be found forbidding to the world and the thoughtless, which will be found insipid to...delightful section amongst Lamb's works. They traverse a pecuused in Scripture than elsewhere, but is BO exclusively significant or intelligible amidst the...
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The Works of Thomas De Quincey, "The English Opium Eater": Including All His ...

Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 364 pages
...Scripture, as to be absolutely insusceptible of tranelat'on into clasnical Greek or classical liar field of observation, sequestered from general interest;...and unobtrusive to catch the ear of the noisy crowd, clamouring for strong sensations. But this retiring delicacy itself, the pensiveness chequered by gleams...
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Leaders in Literature: With a Notice of Traditional Errors Affecting Them

Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 352 pages
...which guarantee their non-popularity. The same qualities which will be found forbidding to the world and the thoughtless, which will be found insipid to...delightful section amongst Lamb's works. They traverse a pecunsed in Scripture than elsewhere, but is BO exclusively significant or intelligible amidst the...
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Leaders in literature

Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 362 pages
...which guarantee their non-popularity. The same qualities which will be found forbidding to the world and the thoughtless, which will be found insipid to...delightful section amongst Lamb's works. They traverse a pecunsed in Scripture than elsewhere, but is so exclusively significant or intelligible amidst the...
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The Works of Thomas De Quincey: Leaders in literature

Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 358 pages
...Scripture, as to be absolutely insusceptible of translation into classical Greek or classical Latin. liar field of observation, sequestered from general interest...and unobtrusive to catch the ear of the noisy crowd, clamouring for strong sensations. But this rejiringjlelicacy, itself, the pensiveness chequered by...
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