Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 64
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 xvii
... ness , which distinguishes the good from the mediocre critic . For it is as true now as it was in the days when La Bruyère rated the critics of his time for their in- capacity to praise , and praise at once , that ' the surest test of a ...
... ness , which distinguishes the good from the mediocre critic . For it is as true now as it was in the days when La Bruyère rated the critics of his time for their in- capacity to praise , and praise at once , that ' the surest test of a ...
Page xxxviii
... ness , and taught him also the art of writ- ing , not beautiful fragments , but a book . Possibly - but how much we should have lost Instead of the Amiel we know , we should have had one accomplished French critic the more . Instead of ...
... ness , and taught him also the art of writ- ing , not beautiful fragments , but a book . Possibly - but how much we should have lost Instead of the Amiel we know , we should have had one accomplished French critic the more . Instead of ...
Page xlvi
... ness of social circumstance had affected him . He is discussing one of Madame de Staël's favourite words , the word considera- tion . What is consideration ? ' he asks . ' How does a man obtain it ? how does it differ from fame , esteem ...
... ness of social circumstance had affected him . He is discussing one of Madame de Staël's favourite words , the word considera- tion . What is consideration ? ' he asks . ' How does a man obtain it ? how does it differ from fame , esteem ...
Page lvii
... ness , - stood between him and everything healing and restoring . ' I am afraid of an imperfect , a faulty synthesis , and I linger in the provisional , from timidity and from loyalty .'-- ' As soon as a thing attracts me - I turn away ...
... ness , - stood between him and everything healing and restoring . ' I am afraid of an imperfect , a faulty synthesis , and I linger in the provisional , from timidity and from loyalty .'-- ' As soon as a thing attracts me - I turn away ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
adore æsthetics Amiel Atheism beauty become believe charm Châteaubriand Christianity Church conscience consciousness critical death desire destiny divine doubt dream duty eternal everything evil existence faith feel force France Freethinkers Freethought French friends Geneva Genevese Genghis Khan genius George Sand German give Goethe happiness harmony heart heaven HENRI-FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL hope human idea ideal illusion imagination impression individual infinite inner instinct intellectual Journal Intime justice kind labour Liberal Christianity liberty literary literature contrasted living Madame de Staël Maine de Biran matter melancholy ment mind monad moral mystery nature ness never once one's oneself ourselves passion peace Pensées perfection philosophy poet poetry possess realise reality religion religious Rousseau Sainte-Beuve Scherer Schopenhauer secret seems sense Shibboleth society soul speak spirit talent things thought tion true truth understand universal Victor Cherbuliez Victor Hugo victory whole word writer