The only way to get De Quincey to a dinner-party was to send an
able-bodied man to find him and bring him by force. Occasionally
he revenged himself by making a stay of several weeks, so
that the difficulty of getting him into a friend’s house was
forgotten in the more appalling difficulty of how to get him out
again.--W. J. DAWSON, “The Makers of English Prose.”
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=Difficulty Aiding Achievement=--See ADVERSITY HELPING GENIUS.
=Dilemma=--See SIMPLE-MINDEDNESS.
=Dimensions=--See UPWARD LOOK.
=Diminishing Numbers=--See SEASICKNESS.