Confessions of an English Opium Eater
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De Quincey, in his Confessions of an English Opium Eater, gives a pleasing description of the easy motion and soothing influence of a well-equipped mail-coach running upon an even and kindly road.
From A Hundred Years by Post A Jubilee Retrospect by Hyde, James Wilson
The "Confessions of an English Opium Eater," and "Suspiria De Profundis," form the first volume of this series of Mr. De Quincey's Writings.
From Biographical Essays by De Quincey, Thomas
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