Are you sure?
This bookmark will be removed from all folders and any saved notes will be permanently removed.
Thomas De Quincey, 1785—1859
[Mentioned in Science and Health, p. 113]
Great contrasts marked the conditions of the life of Thomas De Quincey. English prose writer, and great contrasts in qualities existed in his character. His earliest years, a period of "divinest happiness." were spent in his father's country houses, near Manchester. When the boy was seven his father died. The boy's education continued under tutors until the family moved to Bath. Here he attended private schools and excelled in Greek and Latin. Glimpses into the social and the political worlds came on a visit to Dublin with a young friend. Lord Westport.
De Quincey next attended the Manchester Grammar School. In spite of advantages he enjoyed as head boarder, he decided to run away. Grasmere attracted him because he was an admirer of Wordworth's poetry. However, he headed for Wales. His mother allowed him a guinea a week.
After several months of roaming, often hungry and often sleeping on the ground, De Quincey went to London, hoping to borrow on the inheritance he would have upon coming of age. That winter he spent in inter destitution, sleeping in an unfurnished, unheated house in Soho and wandering about the city during the day.
Enjoy 1 free Sentinel article or audio program each month, including content from 1898 to today.
February 28, 1959 issue
View Issue-
THE BASIS OF GOOD BUSINESS
VIRGINIA WILKINSON KOFFMAN
-
FEELING DIVINE ENERGY
HAROLD TAYLOR WEEKS
-
BLESSINGS FROM ENTERTAINING ANGELS
EDNA MAY EVANS
-
SPEAK UP!
PERLE MARY HOPSON
-
"PEACE, BE STILL"
Robert Ellis Key
-
TRUTH UNCOVERS AND DESTROYS LATENT ERRORS
MARTHA R. MAXWELL
-
"LOOK AWAY FROM THE BODY"
J. LESLIE HADDON
-
SOPHISTICATION VERSUS AUTHENTICITY
HARRIET M. LODGE
-
HARVEST SONG FOR A LECTURE
Pamela G. Palmer
-
WHY SHOULD WE REJOICE?
Harold Molter
-
WAKE UP! THE DREAM IS NOT REAL!
John J. Selover
-
LETTERS TO THE PRESS FROM CHRISTIAN SCIENCE COMMITTEES ON PUBLICATION
with contributions from Francis W. Cousins
-
Eighteen years ago I was ordered...
Waiter von Kaenel
-
I can only say, "Thank You,...
Nellie Elizabeth Erickson
-
"Beloved, now are we the sons...
Dorothy L. Honeick
-
I have received abundant benefits...
Elizabeth Niness
-
As I have been especially helped...
Emmett Miller Firestone
-
In humble gratitude to our...
Eunice B. Thompson
-
Christian Science was presented...
Leta Bailey
-
Recently when I was in an automobile...
Inger Rogers
-
Signs of the Times
J. H. Ferris