Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2 |
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... charm of delicate tint and a sort of languid grace . Already I am full of a sense of wellbeing , I am tasting the joys of that contemplative state in which the soul , issuing from itself , becomes as it were the I soul of a country or a ...
... charm of delicate tint and a sort of languid grace . Already I am full of a sense of wellbeing , I am tasting the joys of that contemplative state in which the soul , issuing from itself , becomes as it were the I soul of a country or a ...
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... charms of a won- derful view , longing for travel , and thirst for joy , hunger for work , for emotion , for life , dreams of happiness and of love . A passionate wish to live , to feel , to express , stirred the depths of my heart . It ...
... charms of a won- derful view , longing for travel , and thirst for joy , hunger for work , for emotion , for life , dreams of happiness and of love . A passionate wish to live , to feel , to express , stirred the depths of my heart . It ...
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... charm , humanity , nobility , and grace . The dis- agreeable effect which it makes on one's taste , ear , and heart , depends probably upon two things : upon the moral philoso- phy of the author and upon his literary principles . The ...
... charm , humanity , nobility , and grace . The dis- agreeable effect which it makes on one's taste , ear , and heart , depends probably upon two things : upon the moral philoso- phy of the author and upon his literary principles . The ...
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... charm , are qualities which belong to others . Will that inner freedom of soul , that profound harmony of all the faculties which I have so often observed among the best Germans , ever come to the surface ? Will the conquerors of to ...
... charm , are qualities which belong to others . Will that inner freedom of soul , that profound harmony of all the faculties which I have so often observed among the best Germans , ever come to the surface ? Will the conquerors of to ...
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... charm for me ; the dark tints become more velvety , the softer tones more ethereal . The country in rain is like a face with traces of tears upon it , — less beauti- ful no doubt , but more expressive . - Behind the beauty which is ...
... charm for me ; the dark tints become more velvety , the softer tones more ethereal . The country in rain is like a face with traces of tears upon it , — less beauti- ful no doubt , but more expressive . - Behind the beauty which is ...
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