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Thomas De Quincey

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Noun1.Thomas De Quincey - English writer who described the psychological effects of addiction to opium (1785-1859)Thomas De Quincey - English writer who described the psychological effects of addiction to opium (1785-1859)
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His wife Mary, sister Dorothy, five children, assorted arty hangers-on and opium eater Thomas de Quincey all crammed into Dove Cottage in Grasmere, between 1799 and 1808, enjoying a staple diet of porridge, nicknamed "hasty pudding".
Life is literally fine in Lakeland; A literary weekend in the Lake ... by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
1859: Thomas de Quincey, essayist and opium addict, died in Scotland.
ON THIS DAY IN .. by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Thomas De Quincey, laudanum His autobiographical account of his addiction to opium, Confessions of an English Opium Eater, published in 1821, brought him almost overnight fame.
Drugs in literature: a brief history by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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