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Confessions of an English opium-eater : being an extract from the life of a scholar /
I have often been asked how I first came to be a regular opium-eater, and have suffered, very unjustly, in the opinion of my acquaintance from being reputed to have brought upon myself all the sufferings which I shall have to record, by a long course of indulgence in this practice purely for the sak...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Auckland] :
Floating Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | I have often been asked how I first came to be a regular opium-eater, and have suffered, very unjustly, in the opinion of my acquaintance from being reputed to have brought upon myself all the sufferings which I shall have to record, by a long course of indulgence in this practice purely for the sake of creating an artificial state of pleasurable excitement. This, however, is a misrepresentation of my case. True it is that for nearly ten years I did occasionally take opium for the sake of the exquisite pleasure it gave me; but so long as I took it with this view I was effectually protected fr. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (162 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781775414629 1775414620 1775567206 9781775567202 |