Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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... one's thought on the petty interests of a petty individuality , when the beatific vision of universal knowledge , of absolute being , has once dawned on the dazzled beholder ? The charm and the savour of everything relative and ...
... one's thought on the petty interests of a petty individuality , when the beatific vision of universal knowledge , of absolute being , has once dawned on the dazzled beholder ? The charm and the savour of everything relative and ...
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... 1861 , a year after M. Scherer had left Geneva , Amiel wrote to him , de- scribing his difficulties and his discourage- ments , and asking , as one may ask an old friend of one's youth , for help and counsel . INTRODUCTION . lxv.
... 1861 , a year after M. Scherer had left Geneva , Amiel wrote to him , de- scribing his difficulties and his discourage- ments , and asking , as one may ask an old friend of one's youth , for help and counsel . INTRODUCTION . lxv.
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The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel Henri Frédéric Amiel. friend of one's youth , for help and counsel . M. Scherer , much touched by the appeal , answered it plainly and frankly . - described the feeling of those who knew him as ...
The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel Henri Frédéric Amiel. friend of one's youth , for help and counsel . M. Scherer , much touched by the appeal , answered it plainly and frankly . - described the feeling of those who knew him as ...
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... one's memory . And through much of the volume of 1863 , in the verses to ' My Godson , ' or in the charming poem to Loulou , the little girl who at five years old , daisy in hand , had sworn him eternal friendship over Gretchen's game ...
... one's memory . And through much of the volume of 1863 , in the verses to ' My Godson , ' or in the charming poem to Loulou , the little girl who at five years old , daisy in hand , had sworn him eternal friendship over Gretchen's game ...
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... one's cross is to make it heavier . In the conduct of life , habits count for more than maxims , because habit is a living maxim , become flesh and instinct . To reform one's maxims is nothing : it is but to change the title of the book ...
... one's cross is to make it heavier . In the conduct of life , habits count for more than maxims , because habit is a living maxim , become flesh and instinct . To reform one's maxims is nothing : it is but to change the title of the book ...
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