Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2 |
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Page 14
... imagination . For that which is on the brink of death already participates to some extent in eternity . A dying man seems to speak to us from beyond the tomb ; what he says has the effect upon us of a sentence , an 14 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... imagination . For that which is on the brink of death already participates to some extent in eternity . A dying man seems to speak to us from beyond the tomb ; what he says has the effect upon us of a sentence , an 14 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
Page 40
... imagination still allows him the delicate epicurism of religious emotion . In his eyes the man who will not lend himself to these graceful fancies is vulgar , and the man who takes them seriously is prejudiced . He is enter- tained by ...
... imagination still allows him the delicate epicurism of religious emotion . In his eyes the man who will not lend himself to these graceful fancies is vulgar , and the man who takes them seriously is prejudiced . He is enter- tained by ...
Page 48
... Imagination . Under its influence expres- sion becomes concentrated , coloured , and strengthened , and by the power it has of individualising all it touches , it gives life and permanence to the material on which it works . A writer of ...
... Imagination . Under its influence expres- sion becomes concentrated , coloured , and strengthened , and by the power it has of individualising all it touches , it gives life and permanence to the material on which it works . A writer of ...
Page 97
... imagination lacks style , training , education , and knowledge of the world ; it has an ill - bred air even in its Sunday dress . The race is poetical and intelligent , but common and ill - mannered . Pliancy and gentleness , manners ...
... imagination lacks style , training , education , and knowledge of the world ; it has an ill - bred air even in its Sunday dress . The race is poetical and intelligent , but common and ill - mannered . Pliancy and gentleness , manners ...
Page 109
... imagination , delighting itself in an æsthetic spectacle , for the struggles of a soul passion- ately in search of truth . In Renan there are still some remains of priestly ruse ; he strangles with sacred cords . His tone of ...
... imagination , delighting itself in an æsthetic spectacle , for the struggles of a soul passion- ately in search of truth . In Renan there are still some remains of priestly ruse ; he strangles with sacred cords . His tone of ...
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