Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xi
... matter I cherish a grateful remembrance . But with all the help that has been so freely given me , not only by these friends but by others , I confide the little book to the public with many a misgiving ! May it at least win a few more ...
... matter I cherish a grateful remembrance . But with all the help that has been so freely given me , not only by these friends but by others , I confide the little book to the public with many a misgiving ! May it at least win a few more ...
Page xxxvi
... inevitable subjection of the French to the German mind in matters of exact thought and knowledge . • Το study philology , mythology , history , with- - out reading German , ' he is as ready to xxxvi AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... inevitable subjection of the French to the German mind in matters of exact thought and knowledge . • Το study philology , mythology , history , with- - out reading German , ' he is as ready to xxxvi AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
Page lxiii
... matter - to give up the real for the apparent , the substance for the shadow ? One is reminded of Clough's cry under a somewhat similar experience : — ' If this pure solace should desert my mind , What were all else ? I dare not risk ...
... matter - to give up the real for the apparent , the substance for the shadow ? One is reminded of Clough's cry under a somewhat similar experience : — ' If this pure solace should desert my mind , What were all else ? I dare not risk ...
Page lxxx
... matter . We shall read the Letters if they appear , as we now read the Poems , for the Journal's sake . The man himself , as poet , teacher , and littérateur , produced no appre- ciable effect on his generation ; but the posthumous ...
... matter . We shall read the Letters if they appear , as we now read the Poems , for the Journal's sake . The man himself , as poet , teacher , and littérateur , produced no appre- ciable effect on his generation ; but the posthumous ...
Page 10
... matter . The words run freely and lightly , but the thought is self - conscious . Each bud flowers but once and each flower has but its minute of perfect beauty ; so , in the garden of the soul each feeling has , as it were , its ...
... matter . The words run freely and lightly , but the thought is self - conscious . Each bud flowers but once and each flower has but its minute of perfect beauty ; so , in the garden of the soul each feeling has , as it were , its ...
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