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De Quincey Definition

De Quin·cey (də kwin′sē)

De Quincey, Thomas 1785-1859; Eng. essayist & critic

De Quincey Quotes

'Poe,' I said,'was perhaps the first great nonstop literary drinker of the American nineteenth century. He made the indulgences of Coleridge and De Quincey seem like a bit of mischief in the kitchen with the cooking sherry.

—Thurber,James Grover