Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xxv
... forces in the State , which had made themselves violently felt during the civil turmoils of the period preceding the assembly ... force in Europe after the fall of Charles X. , could -comm have felt much doubt but that a few more years ...
... forces in the State , which had made themselves violently felt during the civil turmoils of the period preceding the assembly ... force in Europe after the fall of Charles X. , could -comm have felt much doubt but that a few more years ...
Page xxxiv
... that Amiel's individuality owes a great part of its penetrating force to that intermingling of German with French elc- ments , of which there are such abundant traces in the Journal Intime . Amiel , in fact xxxiv AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... that Amiel's individuality owes a great part of its penetrating force to that intermingling of German with French elc- ments , of which there are such abundant traces in the Journal Intime . Amiel , in fact xxxiv AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
Page xxxv
... force ' more original , more universal , more fruitful in conse- quences of every sort and bearing , more capable of transforming and remaking everything presented to it , has arisen dur- ing the last three hundred years . Like the ...
... force ' more original , more universal , more fruitful in conse- quences of every sort and bearing , more capable of transforming and remaking everything presented to it , has arisen dur- ing the last three hundred years . Like the ...
Page xlvi
... was so ready to give , kindness and goodwill . But to hunt down considera- tion and reputation to force the esteem of others seemed to me an effort un worthy of myself , almost a degradation . A struggle xlvi AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... was so ready to give , kindness and goodwill . But to hunt down considera- tion and reputation to force the esteem of others seemed to me an effort un worthy of myself , almost a degradation . A struggle xlvi AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
Page lvi
... force , what he calls the Buddhist tendency in me ' gathered strength year by year , until , like some strange mis- growth , it had absorbed the whole energies and drained the innermost life - blood of the personality which had ...
... force , what he calls the Buddhist tendency in me ' gathered strength year by year , until , like some strange mis- growth , it had absorbed the whole energies and drained the innermost life - blood of the personality which had ...
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