Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xx
... better name , one calls Puritanism , in Amiel , which es- capes the author of Une Cruelle Enigme . But whether he has understood Amiel or no , M. Bourget is fully alive to the mark which the Journal is likely to make among modern ...
... better name , one calls Puritanism , in Amiel , which es- capes the author of Une Cruelle Enigme . But whether he has understood Amiel or no , M. Bourget is fully alive to the mark which the Journal is likely to make among modern ...
Page xxx
... ever been guessed on earth had not better have remained buried in the brain which had found the key to them , and whether the deepest thinkers — those - whose hand has been boldest in drawing aside the XXX AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... ever been guessed on earth had not better have remained buried in the brain which had found the key to them , and whether the deepest thinkers — those - whose hand has been boldest in drawing aside the XXX AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
Page xxxi
... better , like the prophetess of Ilion , have kept for heaven , and heaven only , secrets and mysteries which human tongue cannot truly express , nor human intelligence con- ceive . ' Curious words for a beginner of twenty- one ! There ...
... better , like the prophetess of Ilion , have kept for heaven , and heaven only , secrets and mysteries which human tongue cannot truly express , nor human intelligence con- ceive . ' Curious words for a beginner of twenty- one ! There ...
Page xlvii
... better satisfied than my heart . ' Still one may no doubt easily exaggerate this loneliness of Amiel's . His social diffi- culties represent rather a dull discomfort in his life , which in course of time , and in combination with a good ...
... better satisfied than my heart . ' Still one may no doubt easily exaggerate this loneliness of Amiel's . His social diffi- culties represent rather a dull discomfort in his life , which in course of time , and in combination with a good ...
Page lxvii
... better , and to soothe his suffer- ing by a sympathy which would have been a mixture of pity and admiration . ' Was it that all the while Amiel felt him- self sure of his revanche ? that he knew the value of all those sheets of Journal ...
... better , and to soothe his suffer- ing by a sympathy which would have been a mixture of pity and admiration . ' Was it that all the while Amiel felt him- self sure of his revanche ? that he knew the value of all those sheets of Journal ...
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