...prepared, no less by his letter, than by reminiscences of certain boyish traits, and by conclusions deduced from his peculiar physical conformation and...modulated guttural utterance, which may be observed in the tost drunkard, or the irreclaimable eater of opium, during the periods of his most intense excitement....

...prepared, no less by his letter, than by reminiscences of certain boyish traits, and by conclusions deduced from his peculiar physical conformation and...irreclaimable eater of opium, during the periods of his most intense excitement. It was thus that he spoke of the object of my visit, of his earnest desire to see...

...abrupt, weighty, unhurried, and hollow-sounding enunciation - that leaden, self-balanced andperfectly modulated guttural utterance, which may be observed...irreclaimable eater of opium, during the periods of his most intense excitement (279). Es ist also durchaus möglich, dass Roderick auch Opium konsumiert hat und...