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Questions about the English essayist Thomas De Quincey (1785 – 1859) and his works. His essays include 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater' (1821) and 'On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth' (1823).
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Equestrian statues and wooden logs, what's the connection?
Here's a quote from Tomas de Quincey's "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater":
Turkish opium-eaters, it seems, are absurd enough to sit, like so many equestrian statues, on logs of wood as stupid …
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