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Thomas de Quincey
Thomas de Quincey was an English writer and a member of the snappy group of 19th-century writers and pals that included Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, William Hazlitt, and Charles Lamb…Soho
(Encyclopedia) SohoSohosōhōˈ, sə– [key], district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in…De Quincey, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) De Quincey, ThomasDe Quincey, Thomasdə kwĭnˈsē [key], 1785–1859, English essayist. In 1802 he ran away from school and tramped about the country, eventually settling in London. His…Grasmere
(Encyclopedia) Grasmere, village, Cumbria, NW England, in the Lake District, near Lake Grasmere. Dove Cottage was the home of William Wordsworth from 1799 to 1808; the Wordsworth museum is also there…laudanum
(Encyclopedia) laudanumlaudanumlôdˈənəm [key], tincture, or alcoholic solution, of opium, first compounded by Paracelsus in the 16th cent. Not then known to be addictive, the preparation was widely…essay
(Encyclopedia) essay, relatively short literary composition in prose, in which a writer discusses a topic, usually restricted in scope, or tries to persuade the reader to accept a particular point of…Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: Q
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(The English) was Thomas de Quincey, author of Confessions.) (1785-1850.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Oppidan of EtonOpinicus A B C D E F G H I…De Keyser, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) De Keyser, Thomas: see Keyser, Thomas de.Beauchamp, Thomas de
(Encyclopedia) Beauchamp, Thomas de: see Warwick, Thomas de Beauchamp, earl of.Trending
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