 | University magazine - 1848 - 792 Seiten
...completely under the influences of the drug, to regard passing events, and fast merging into tie wished for consummation. The last scene in this tragic play is...generally a room in the rear of the building, a species of morgue, or dead-house, vhere lie those who have passed into the state of bliss the opium-smoker nadir... | |
 | 456 Seiten
...filled with their different occupants, who lie languid with an idiot smile upon their countenances, too much under the influence of the drug to care for...stretched those who have passed into the state of bliss the opium-smoker madly seeks — an emblem of the long sleep to which be is blindly hurrying."... | |
 | Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams - 1841 - 712 Seiten
...day are over, crowds of Chinese, who seek these places to satisfy their depraved appetites. * * * " Some entering half distracted to feed the craving...generally a room in the rear of the building, a species of death-house, where lie stretched those who have passed into the state of bliss the opiumsmoker madly... | |
 | 1841 - 502 Seiten
...whilst the couches around are filled with their different occupants, who lie languid with an idiot smile upon their countenance, too much under the influence...stretched those who have passed into the state of bliss the opium smoker madly seeks — an emblem of the long sleep to which he is blindly hurrying.''... | |
 | Robert Jocelyn Jocelyn (Viscount) - 1841 - 188 Seiten
...whilst the couches around are filled with their different occupants, who lie languid with an idiot smile upon their countenance, too much under the influence...stretched those who have passed into the state of bliss the opiumsmoker madly seeks — an emblem of the long sleep to which he is blindly hurrying.... | |
 | 1851 - 428 Seiten
...lie languid with an idiot smile upon their countenance, too much THE FIRST MISSIONARY TO THE NEGROES. under the influence of the drug to care for passing...stretched those who have passed into the state of bliss the opinm-smoker madly geeks — an emblem of the long sleep to which he is blindly harrying.... | |
 | 1841 - 658 Seiten
...whilst the couches around are filled with their different occupants. who lie languid with an idiot smile upon their countenance, too much under the influence...the rear of the building, a species of dead-house, v.'here lie stretched those who have passed into the state of bliss the opium-smoker madly seeks •... | |
 | Nathan Dunn, William B. Langdon - 1842 - 212 Seiten
...surrounded by wooden couches, with places for the head to rest upon, and generally a side room is devoted to gambling. The pipe is a reed of about an inch in diameter,...stretched those who have passed into the state of bliss the opium-smoker madly seeks — an emblem of the long sleep to which he is blindly hurrying."*... | |
 | 1842 - 602 Seiten
...whilst the couches around are filled with their different occupants, who lie languid, with an idiot smile upon their countenance, too much under the influence of the drug to care for passing events, and fast verging to the wished-for consummation. The last scene in this tragic play is generally a room in the... | |
 | William B. Langdon, Nathan Dunn - 1843 - 176 Seiten
...faculties are alive. In the houses devoted to their ruin, these infatuated people may be seen, at nine in the evening, at all the different stages ; some...to care for passing events, and fast merging to the wished for consummation. The last scene in this tragic play is generally a room in the rear of the... | |
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... the wished-for consummation. The last scene in this tragic play is generally a room in the rear of the building, a species of dead-house, where lie stretched those who have passed into the state of bliss the opiumsmoker madly seeks — an emblem of... 
