Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xxvii
... speaking , inclined rather to make friends with men older than himself than with his contemporaries . He fell specially under the influence of Adolphe Pictet , a brilliant philologist and man of letters be- longing to a well - known ...
... speaking , inclined rather to make friends with men older than himself than with his contemporaries . He fell specially under the influence of Adolphe Pictet , a brilliant philologist and man of letters be- longing to a well - known ...
Page xxxiii
... Berlin , ' says M. Scherer , that the world of science and speculation first opened on the dazzled eyes of the young man . He was accustomed to speak of his four years at Berlin as " his intellectual phase , " and INTRODUCTION . xxxiii.
... Berlin , ' says M. Scherer , that the world of science and speculation first opened on the dazzled eyes of the young man . He was accustomed to speak of his four years at Berlin as " his intellectual phase , " and INTRODUCTION . xxxiii.
Page xliv
... speaking , of the scientific and literary tra- ditions of the little State , we can easily imagine how galling such a social ostracism must have been to the young professor , in accustomed to the stimulating atmosphere , the common ...
... speaking , of the scientific and literary tra- ditions of the little State , we can easily imagine how galling such a social ostracism must have been to the young professor , in accustomed to the stimulating atmosphere , the common ...
Page xlvii
... to cope with and conquer them . But he had his friends , his pleas- ures , and even to some extent his successes , like other men . ' He had an elasticity of mind , ' says M. Scherer , speaking of him INTRODUCTION . xlvii.
... to cope with and conquer them . But he had his friends , his pleas- ures , and even to some extent his successes , like other men . ' He had an elasticity of mind , ' says M. Scherer , speaking of him INTRODUCTION . xlvii.
Page xlviii
... speaking of him as he knew him in youth , which reacted against vexations from without , and his cheerfulness was readily restored by con- versation and the society of a few kindred spirits . We were accustomed , two or three friends ...
... speaking of him as he knew him in youth , which reacted against vexations from without , and his cheerfulness was readily restored by con- versation and the society of a few kindred spirits . We were accustomed , two or three friends ...
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