Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xv
... writer of the Journal had been during his lifetime wholly unknown to the general European public . In Geneva itself he had been commonly regarded as a man who had signally disappointed the hopes and expectations of his friends , whose ...
... writer of the Journal had been during his lifetime wholly unknown to the general European public . In Geneva itself he had been commonly regarded as a man who had signally disappointed the hopes and expectations of his friends , whose ...
Page xix
... writer . ' La rêverie a réussi a notre auteur , ' he says , a little reluctantly - for M. Caro has his doubts as to the legitimacy of rêverie ; ' il en a fait une œuvre qui restera . ' The same final judgment , accompanied by a very ...
... writer . ' La rêverie a réussi a notre auteur , ' he says , a little reluctantly - for M. Caro has his doubts as to the legitimacy of rêverie ; ' il en a fait une œuvre qui restera . ' The same final judgment , accompanied by a very ...
Page xxi
... writer . The words have a strong and melancholy inter- est for all who knew Mark Pattison ; and they certainly deserve a place in any attempt to estimate the impression already made on contemporary thought by the Journal Intime . ' I ...
... writer . The words have a strong and melancholy inter- est for all who knew Mark Pattison ; and they certainly deserve a place in any attempt to estimate the impression already made on contemporary thought by the Journal Intime . ' I ...
Page xxii
... present the biographical material available is extremely scanty , and if it were not for the kindness of M. Scherer , who has allowed - It the present writer access to certain manu- script material in xxii AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... present the biographical material available is extremely scanty , and if it were not for the kindness of M. Scherer , who has allowed - It the present writer access to certain manu- script material in xxii AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
Page xxiii
The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel Henri Frédéric Amiel. the present writer access to certain manu- script material in his possession , even the sketch which follows , vague and imperfect as it necessarily is , would have been im ...
The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel Henri Frédéric Amiel. the present writer access to certain manu- script material in his possession , even the sketch which follows , vague and imperfect as it necessarily is , would have been im ...
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