The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1
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1. THE POSTHUMOUS WORKS2. THOMAS DE QUINCEY.3. ALEXANDER H. JAPP,4. VOLUME I.5. SUSPIRIA DE PROFUNDIS.6. THOMAS DE QUINCEY.7. PREFACE.8. GENERAL INTRODUCTION.9. DE QUINCEY'S POSTHUMOUS WORKS.10. I. SUSPIRIA DE PROFUNDIS.11. II. THE LOVELIEST SIGHT FOR WOMAN'S EYES.12. III. WHY THE PAGANS COULD NOT INVEST THEIR GODS WITH ANY IOTA OF GRANDEUR.13. IV. ON PAGAN SACRIFICES.14. V. ON THE MYTHUS.15. VI. DAVID'S NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE—THE POLITICS OF THE SITUATION.16. VII. THE JEWS AS A SEPARATE PEOPLE.17. VIII. 'WHAT IS TRUTH?' THE JESTING PILATE SAID—A FALSE GLOSS.18. IX. WHAT SCALIGER SAYS ABOUT THE EPISTLE TO JUDE.19. X. MURDER AS A FINE ART.20. XI. ANECDOTES—JUVENAL.21. XII. ANNA LOUISA.22. XIII. SOME THOUGHTS ON BIOGRAPHY.23. XIV. GREAT FORGERS: CHATTERTON AND WALPOLE, AND 'JUNIUS.'24. XV. DANIEL O'CONNELL.25. XVI. FRANCE PAST AND FRANCE PRESENT.26. XVII. ROME'S RECRUITS AND ENGLAND'S RECRUITS.27. XVIII. NATIONAL MANNERS AND FALSE JUDGMENT OF THEM.28. XIX. INCREASED POSSIBILITIES OF SYMPATHY IN THE PRESENT AGE.29. XX. THE PRINCIPLE OF EVIL.30. XXI. ON MIRACLES.31. XXII. 'LET HIM COME DOWN FROM THE CROSS.'32. XXIII. IS THE HUMAN RACE ON THE DOWN GRADE?33. XXIV. BREVIA: SHORT ESSAYS (IN CONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER.)34. XXIV. BREVIA: SHORT ESSAYS (IN CONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER.) (continued 2)35. XXIV. BREVIA: SHORT ESSAYS (IN CONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER.) (continued 3)36. XXV. OMITTED PASSAGES AND VARIATIONS.