Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xii
... the living live ; and you , gather together your thoughts , leave behind you a legacy of feeling and ideas ; you will be most useful so . ' ness : - MARY A. WARD . INTRODUCTION . It was in the last of 1892 was xii AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... the living live ; and you , gather together your thoughts , leave behind you a legacy of feeling and ideas ; you will be most useful so . ' ness : - MARY A. WARD . INTRODUCTION . It was in the last of 1892 was xii AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
Page xxvi
... ideas in which the air of Geneva has been steeped since the days of Calvin . The religious teaching which a Genevese lad undergoes prior to his admission to full Church membership , made a deep impression on him , and certain mystical ...
... ideas in which the air of Geneva has been steeped since the days of Calvin . The religious teaching which a Genevese lad undergoes prior to his admission to full Church membership , made a deep impression on him , and certain mystical ...
Page xxix
... ideas , and rally them round that Christian banner which is the banner of true progress and true civilisa- tion . ' The Renaissance is treated as a dis- astrous but inevitable crisis , in which the idealism of the Middle Ages was ...
... ideas , and rally them round that Christian banner which is the banner of true progress and true civilisa- tion . ' The Renaissance is treated as a dis- astrous but inevitable crisis , in which the idealism of the Middle Ages was ...
Page xxxv
... ideas of our historical age , and during another half - century , perhaps another century , notre grande affaire sera de les repenser . ' He is inclined to compare the influence of German ideas on the mod- ern world to the ferment of ...
... ideas of our historical age , and during another half - century , perhaps another century , notre grande affaire sera de les repenser . ' He is inclined to compare the influence of German ideas on the mod- ern world to the ferment of ...
Page xlvi
... idea of consideration has been to me so little of a motive that I have not even been conscious of such an idea . But ought I not to have been conscious of it ? ' he asks himself anxiously , -'ought I not to have been more careful to win ...
... idea of consideration has been to me so little of a motive that I have not even been conscious of such an idea . But ought I not to have been conscious of it ? ' he asks himself anxiously , -'ought I not to have been more careful to win ...
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