 | Henri Frédéric Amiel - 1885 - 322 pages
...a renunciation for life of my liberty, my peace of mind,—the very thought of it is maddening.—I expiate my privilege indeed. My privilege is to be...than that, to be in the secret of the tragi-comic itself—that is to say, to be unable to take my illusions seriously, to see myself, so to speak, from... | |
 | Rosa Nouchette Carey - 1890 - 504 pages
...you were my own brother I could not want you more !" CHAPTER XXVIII. MICHAEL TURNS OVER A NEW LEAF. " My privilege is to be the spectator of my own life-drama,...that, to be in the secret of the tragi-comic itself. » * * * * » • " Without grief, which is the string of this venturesome kite, man would soar too... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 560 pages
...it is maddening — I expiate my privilege indeed. My privilege is to be spectator of my life drama, to be fully conscious of the tragi-comedy of my own...illusions seriously, to see myself, so to speak, from the theater on the stage, or to be like a man looking from beyond the tomb into existence. I feel myself... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Literature - 1901 - 456 pages
...maddening — I expiate my privilege indeed. My privilege is to be the spectator of my own life drama, to be fully conscious of the tragi-comedy of my own...feign a particular interest in my individual part, wliilo all the time I am living in the confidence of the poet who is playing with all these agents... | |
 | Literature - 1901 - 654 pages
...maddening — I expiate my privilege indeed. My privilege is to be the spectator of my own life drama, to be fully conscious of the tragi-comedy of my own...speak, from the theatre on the stage, or to be like a mnn looking from beyond the tomb into existence. I feel myself forced to feign a particular interest... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton - English literature - 1906 - 444 pages
...indeed that worth were real at all:— My privilege is to be the spectator of my own lifedrama, to ]pe fully conscious of the tragi-comedy of my own destiny, and, more than that, to be in the secret of the tragi-comedy itself — that is to say, to be unable to take my illusions seriously, to see myself,... | |
 | Gustave Rudler - France - 1923 - 546 pages
...1852) : «...I certainly do expiate my privilege ! My privilege is to be spectator of my life drama, to be fully conscious of the tragi-comedy of my own...destiny, and more than that : to be in the secret of the tragi-comedy itself ; that is to say, to be unable to take my illusions seriously, to see myself ,... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...it is maddening — I expiate my privilege indeed. My privilege is to be spectator of my life drama, to be fully conscious of the tragi-comedy of my own...illusions seriously, to see myself, so to speak, from the theater on the stage, or to be like a man looking from beyond the tomb into existence. I feel myself... | |
 | Rosa Nouchette Carey - 1899 - 450 pages
...you were my own brother I could not want you more!" CHAPTEE XXV1I1. MICHAEL TTJKNS OVER A NEW LEAF. My privilege is to be the spectator of my own life-drama,...that, to be in the secret of the tragi-comic itself. ******* Without grief, which is the string of this venturesome kite, man would soar too quickly and... | |
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My privilege is to be the spectator of my own life-drama, to be fully conscious of the tragicomedy of my own destiny, and, more than that, to be in the secret of the tragi-comic itself — that is to say, to be unable to take my illusions seriously, to... 