 | England - 1877 - 798 pages
...beyond the splendours of Babylon and Hekat6mpylos ; and ' from the anarchy of dreaming sleep ' callest into sunny light the faces of long-buried beauties,...dishonours of the grave ' ! Thou only givest these gifts to men ; and thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh just, subtle, and mighty opium ! " Never was drug before... | |
 | 1821 - 724 pages
...beyond the splendour of Babylon and Hekatumpylos : and " from the anarchy of dreaming sleep," callest into sunny light the faces of longburied beauties,...gifts to man ; and thou hast the keys of Paradise, olí, just, subtle, and mighty opium ! INTRODUCTION TO THE FAINS OF OPIUM. Courteous, and, I hope,... | |
 | Christianity - 1845 - 1036 pages
...beyond the splendour of Babylon and Hekatompylos : and 'from the anarchy of dreaming sleep/ callest into sunny light the faces of long-buried beauties,...keys of Paradise, oh, just, subtle, and mighty opium ! " ' Here, then, we have something very nearly resembling the new existence on which Miss Martineau... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1858 - 690 pages
...temples beyond the art of Phidias and Praxitilcs, and ' from the anarchy of dreaming sleep,' callest into sunny light the faces of long-buried beauties,...blessed household countenances, cleansed from the dishonors of the grave. . . . Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtile, mighty opium 1" Thus,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Opium abuse - 1847 - 270 pages
...beyond the splendour of Babylon and Hekatompylos : and " from the anarchy of dreaming sleep," callest into sunny light the faces of long-buried beauties,...keys of Paradise, oh, just, subtle, and mighty opium ! INTRODUCTION TO THE PAINS OF OPIUM. Courteous, and, I hope, indulgent reader (for all my readers... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Authors, English - 1850 - 300 pages
...beyond the splendor of Babylon and Hekatompylos; and, " from the anarchy of dreaming sleep," callest into sunny light the faces of long-buried beauties,...blessed household countenances, cleansed from the " dishonors of the grave." Thou only givest these gifts to man ; and thou hast the keys of Paradise,... | |
 | J. D. Bell - Conduct of life - 1850 - 488 pages
...beyond the splendor of Babylon and Hekatompylos ; and from the ' anarchy of dreaming sleep ' callest into sunny light the faces of long-buried beauties,...blessed household countenances, cleansed from the ' dishonors of the grave.' Thou only givest these gifts to man ; and thou hast the keys of Paradise,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1850 - 316 pages
...beyond the splendor of Babylon and Hekatompylos ; and, " from the anarchy of dreaming sleep," callest into sunny light the faces of long-buried beauties,...blessed household countenances, cleansed from the " dishonors of the grave." Thou only givest these gifts to man ; and thou hast the keys of Paradise,... | |
 | Esq. J. B. (Barrister-at-Law.), John Bill - Paris (France) - 1850 - 586 pages
...beauties, and the blessed household countenances cleansed from the dishonours of the grave. Thou alone givest these gifts to man; and thou hast the keys of Paradise, 0 just, subtle, and mighty opium." Perhaps, also, the following passage from the selfsame author, may... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1851 - 110 pages
...faces of long buried beauties, and the blessed household countenances, cleansed from the ' dishonour of the grave/ Thou only givest these gifts to man...keys of paradise, Oh ! just, subtle, and mighty opium ! " The following extract illustrates the more distressing dreams produced by opium. " The waters now... | |
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Thou only givest these gifts to man; and thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh, just, subtle, and mighty opium! 
