 | Lady Duffus Hardy - California - 1881 - 362 pages
...lies within the reach of all. One of the most celebrated opium- eaters tells us that " happiness may be bought for a penny and carried in the waistcoat pocket, portable ecstasies may be had corked up in a pint bottle, and peace of mind may be sent out in gallons by the... | |
 | Anglo-Indian - Opium trade - 1882 - 110 pages
...me—in the abyss of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed. Here was a panacea— a pagftaxov vrivevfas for all human woes: here was the secret of happiness,...might now be bought for a penny, and carried in the waistcoat-pocket: portable ecstasies might be had corked up in a pint bottle: and peace of mind could... | |
 | Alexander Hay Japp - Manufactures - 1882 - 410 pages
..."Here was a panacea, a QnpfjttKttv 1'i'l^eflies for all human woes ; here was the secret of liappiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so many...might now be bought for a penny, and carried in the waistcoat-pocket ; portable ecstasies might be corked in a pint-bottle ; and peace of mind could be... | |
 | Malcolm Alexander Morris, Sir Malcolm Alexander Morris - Health - 1883 - 1148 pages
...abyss of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed Here was a panacea — a $><VM<»<"' rn*fr9fs — for all human woes. Here was the secret of happiness...discovered ! Happiness might now be bought for a penny, end carried in the waistcoat-pocket ; portable ecstasies might be had corked up in a piutrbottle ;... | |
 | 410 pages
...said of opium, his pet dose, just after he had discovered its mystic potencies : " Here was a panacea, for all human woes; here was the secret of happiness,...penny, and carried in the waistcoat pocket ; portable ecstasies might be corked in a pint-bottle ; and peace of mind could be sent down by the mail." Perfumes,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Opium abuse - 1885 - 338 pages
...the abyss of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed. Here was a panacea — a Qapfiaxov vrjiriv9(f for all human woes : here was the secret of happiness,...penny, and carried in the waistcoat pocket : portable ecstasies might be had corked up in a pint bottle : and peace of mind could be sent down in gallons... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Opium abuse - 1885 - 338 pages
...the abyss of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed. Here was a panacea—a (jtap/taKov vriTr(v8t£ for all human woes : here was the secret of happiness,...penny, and carried in the waistcoat pocket : portable ecstasies might be had corked up in a pint bottle : and peace of mind could be sent down in gallons... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1889 - 458 pages
...inner spirit ! what an apocalypse of the world within me ! Here was a panacea, a pharmakon nepenthes for all human woes ; here was the secret of happiness...about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages : happiness might be bought for a penny, and carried in the waistcoat pocket. — DE QUINCE Y'S Confessions... | |
 | 1888 - 102 pages
...wand—a fresh tree of knowledge had yielded its fruit, and it seemed as good as it was beautiful. Happiness might now be bought for a penny and carried...in the waistcoat pocket; portable ecstacies might now be had, corked up in a pint bottle, and peace of mind sent down in gallons by mail. Here we may... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1889 - 456 pages
...inner spirit ! what an apocalypse of the world within me ! Here was a panacea, a pharmakon nepenthes for all human woes ; here was the secret of happiness...about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages : happiness might be bought for a penny, and carried in the waistcoat pocket. — DB QUJNCEY'S Confessions... | |
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... of the world within me ! That my pains had vanished, was now a trifle in my eyes : — this negative effect was swallowed up in the immensity of those positive effects which had opened before me — in the abyss of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed.... 
