 All the feet of the tables, sofas, &c., soon became instinct with life: the abominable head of the crocodile, and his leering eyes, looked out at me, multiplied into a thousand repetitions; and I stood loathing and fascinated.  The Album - Page 1781822Full view - About this book
 | 1821 - 724 pages
...me the object of more horror than almost all tHe resl. 1 was compelled to live with him; and (au was always the case almost in my dreams) for centuries....found myself in Chinese houses, with cane tables, ¿tc. All the feet of the tables, sophas, &c. soon became instinct with life : the abominable head... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1824 - 478 pages
...became to me the object of more horror than almost all the rest. I was compelled to live with him ; and for centuries. I escaped sometimes, and found myself...out at me, multiplied into a thousand repetitions. And so often did this hideous reptile haunt my dreams, that many times the very same dream was broken... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1841 - 586 pages
...found myself in Chinese houses with cane tables, etc. All the feet of tho tablet, sofas, etc., noon became instinct with life : the abominable head of...leering eyes, looked out at me, multiplied into a thoiHiind repetitions : and I stood loathing and fascinated. And ,-o often did thn hideous reptile... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Opium abuse - 1847 - 270 pages
...the object of more horror than almost all the rest. I was compelled to live with him ; and (as was always the case almost in my dreams) for centuries....out at me, multiplied into a thousand repetitions : and I stood loathing and fascinated. And so often did this hideous reptile haunt my dreams, that... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...case almost in my dreams) for centuries. escaped sometimes, and found myself in Chinese houses, with * tables, &c. All the feet of the tables, sofas, &c.,...out at me, multiplied into a thousand repetitions : and I stood loathing and fascinated. And so often did this hideous reptile haunt my dreams, that... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Authors, English - 1850 - 324 pages
...the object of more horror than almost all the rest. I was compelled to live with him ; and (as was always the case almost in my dreams) for centuries....out at me, multiplied into a thousand repetitions ; and I stood loathing and fascinated. And so often did this hideous reptile haunt my dreams, that... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Authors, English - 1850 - 300 pages
...the object of more horror than almost all the rest. I was compelled to live with him ; and (as was always the case almost in my dreams) for centuries....cane tables, &c. All the feet of the tables, sofas, &c.,soon became instinct with life : the abominable head of the crocodile, and his leering eyes, looked... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1850 - 316 pages
...the object of more horror than almost all the rest. I was compelled to live with him ; and (as was always the case almost in my dreams) for centuries....cane tables, &c. All the feet of the tables, sofas, &c.,soon became instinct with life : the abominable head of the crocodile, and his leering eyes, looked... | |
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