Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xxxii
... spirit of conceit that he says in 1857 , com- paring himself with Maine de Biran , ' This nature is , as it were , only one of the men which exist in me . My horizon is vaster ; more of men , things , countries , peoples , books ; I ...
... spirit of conceit that he says in 1857 , com- paring himself with Maine de Biran , ' This nature is , as it were , only one of the men which exist in me . My horizon is vaster ; more of men , things , countries , peoples , books ; I ...
Page xxxv
... spirit of the Renaissance and of the clas- sical age , it attracts into its orbit all the great works of contemporary intelligence . ' Quinet , pursuing a somewhat different line of thought , regards the worship of German ideas ...
... spirit of the Renaissance and of the clas- sical age , it attracts into its orbit all the great works of contemporary intelligence . ' Quinet , pursuing a somewhat different line of thought , regards the worship of German ideas ...
Page xlviii
... spirits . We were accustomed , two or three friends and I , to walk every Thursday to the Salève , Lamartine's Salève aux flancs azurés ; we dined there , and did not return till nightfall . ' They were days devoted to débauches ...
... spirits . We were accustomed , two or three friends and I , to walk every Thursday to the Salève , Lamartine's Salève aux flancs azurés ; we dined there , and did not return till nightfall . ' They were days devoted to débauches ...
Page lxxxvi
... spirit of them all ; there is nothing , or almost nothing , within the wide range of modern activities which he has not at one time or other felt the attraction of , and learnt in some sense to understand . ' Amiel , ' says M. Renan ...
... spirit of them all ; there is nothing , or almost nothing , within the wide range of modern activities which he has not at one time or other felt the attraction of , and learnt in some sense to understand . ' Amiel , ' says M. Renan ...
Page lxxxix
... spirit of an English teacher , whose dear memory lives to - day in many a heart , and is guiding many an effort in the cause of good , the method and spirit of the late · - Professor Green of Balliol . In many re- spects there ...
... spirit of an English teacher , whose dear memory lives to - day in many a heart , and is guiding many an effort in the cause of good , the method and spirit of the late · - Professor Green of Balliol . In many re- spects there ...
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