Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xx
... eye on the progress of foreign literature , and although one or two appre- ciative articles have appeared on it in the magazines , the book has still to become generally known . One remarkable English testimony to it , however , must be ...
... eye on the progress of foreign literature , and although one or two appre- ciative articles have appeared on it in the magazines , the book has still to become generally known . One remarkable English testimony to it , however , must be ...
Page xxxi
... eye keenest in fathoming the mysteries beyond it had not 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 ...
... eye keenest in fathoming the mysteries beyond it had not 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 ...
Page xxxiii
... Berlin , ' says M. Scherer , that the world of science and speculation first opened on the dazzled eyes of the young man . He was accustomed to speak of his four years at Berlin as " his intellectual phase , " and INTRODUCTION . xxxiii.
... Berlin , ' says M. Scherer , that the world of science and speculation first opened on the dazzled eyes of the young man . He was accustomed to speak of his four years at Berlin as " his intellectual phase , " and INTRODUCTION . xxxiii.
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... eyes , and kindly mouth . It is the face of a poet rather than of a student , and makes one understand certain other little points which his friends lay stress on , — for instance , his love for and popularity with children . In his ...
... eyes , and kindly mouth . It is the face of a poet rather than of a student , and makes one understand certain other little points which his friends lay stress on , — for instance , his love for and popularity with children . In his ...
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... eyes on balmy meadows and blossoming orchards ; to listen to the life singing in the grass and on the trees ; to be so calmly happy - is it not too much ? is it deserved ? O let me enjoy it without reproaching heaven for its kind- ness ...
... eyes on balmy meadows and blossoming orchards ; to listen to the life singing in the grass and on the trees ; to be so calmly happy - is it not too much ? is it deserved ? O let me enjoy it without reproaching heaven for its kind- ness ...
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