Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page lxxiv
... beauty even , of a certain kind , but no plastic power , none of the incommunicable magic which a George Eliot seeks for in vain , while it comes un- asked , to deck with imperishable charm the commonplace metaphysic and the simpler ...
... beauty even , of a certain kind , but no plastic power , none of the incommunicable magic which a George Eliot seeks for in vain , while it comes un- asked , to deck with imperishable charm the commonplace metaphysic and the simpler ...
Page lxxxi
... beauty of manner that fine literary expression in which Amiel has been able to clothe the subtler processes of thought , no less than the secrets of relig- ious feeling , or the aspects of natural scen- ery . Style is what gives value ...
... beauty of manner that fine literary expression in which Amiel has been able to clothe the subtler processes of thought , no less than the secrets of relig- ious feeling , or the aspects of natural scen- ery . Style is what gives value ...
Page lxxxii
... speech , and who has attained , in words of his own , ' to the full and mas- terly expression of himself . ' Then to the poetical beauty of manner which first helped the book to penetrate , faire sa Ixxxii AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... speech , and who has attained , in words of his own , ' to the full and mas- terly expression of himself . ' Then to the poetical beauty of manner which first helped the book to penetrate , faire sa Ixxxii AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
Page lxxxiii
... beauty nor the rich descriptive wealth of Senancour . The Dent de Midi , with its untrodden solitude , its primeval silences and its hovering eagles , the Swiss landscape - - described in the Fragment on the Ranz de Vaches INTRODUCTION ...
... beauty nor the rich descriptive wealth of Senancour . The Dent de Midi , with its untrodden solitude , its primeval silences and its hovering eagles , the Swiss landscape - - described in the Fragment on the Ranz de Vaches INTRODUCTION ...
Page lxxxvii
... beauty ; rather the energies which should have found their natural expression in literary or family life , pent up within the mind itself , excited in it a perpetual eagerness for intellectual dis- covery , and new powers of sympathy ...
... beauty ; rather the energies which should have found their natural expression in literary or family life , pent up within the mind itself , excited in it a perpetual eagerness for intellectual dis- covery , and new powers of sympathy ...
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adore ćsthetics Amiel Atheism beauty become believe charm Châteaubriand Christianity Church conscience consciousness critical death desire destiny divine doubt dream duty eternal everything evil existence faith feel force France Freethinkers Freethought French friends Geneva Genevese Genghis Khan genius George Sand German give Goethe happiness harmony heart heaven HENRI-FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL hope human idea ideal illusion imagination impression individual infinite inner instinct intellectual Journal Intime justice kind labour Liberal Christianity liberty literary literature contrasted living Madame de Staël Maine de Biran matter melancholy ment mind monad moral mystery nature ness never once one's oneself ourselves passion peace Pensées perfection philosophy poet poetry possess realise reality religion religious Rousseau Sainte-Beuve Scherer Schopenhauer secret seems sense Shibboleth society soul speak spirit talent things thought tion true truth understand universal Victor Cherbuliez Victor Hugo victory whole word writer