Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xiv
... peace , might make themselves freely heard . In the directions concerning his papers which he left behind him , Amiel expressed the wish that his literary executors should publish those parts of the Journal which might seem to them to ...
... peace , might make themselves freely heard . In the directions concerning his papers which he left behind him , Amiel expressed the wish that his literary executors should publish those parts of the Journal which might seem to them to ...
Page xlvii
... peace in solitude , because my inmost conscience has not been any better satisfied than my heart . ' Still one may no doubt easily exaggerate this loneliness of Amiel's . His social diffi- culties represent rather a dull discomfort in ...
... peace in solitude , because my inmost conscience has not been any better satisfied than my heart . ' Still one may no doubt easily exaggerate this loneliness of Amiel's . His social diffi- culties represent rather a dull discomfort in ...
Page xcii
... peace , and the sense of painful defeat is lost in the sense of recovered liberty'— ' Tout est bien , mon Dieu m'enveloppe . " Nor is this all . It is not only that Amiel's inmost thought and affections are stayed on this conception of ...
... peace , and the sense of painful defeat is lost in the sense of recovered liberty'— ' Tout est bien , mon Dieu m'enveloppe . " Nor is this all . It is not only that Amiel's inmost thought and affections are stayed on this conception of ...
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... death . Only be at peace with self , live in the presence of God , in communion with Him , and leave the guidance of existence to those universal powers against whom thou canst do noth- - mc -- ing i . If death gives me time I.
... death . Only be at peace with self , live in the presence of God , in communion with Him , and leave the guidance of existence to those universal powers against whom thou canst do noth- - mc -- ing i . If death gives me time I.
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... peaceful fields , fine weather , contentment ; to have my two sisters with me ; to rest my eyes on balmy meadows and blossoming orchards ; to listen to the life singing in the grass and on the trees ; to be so calmly happy - is it not ...
... peaceful fields , fine weather , contentment ; to have my two sisters with me ; to rest my eyes on balmy meadows and blossoming orchards ; to listen to the life singing in the grass and on the trees ; to be so calmly happy - is it not ...
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adore ćsthetics 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