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Page viii
... represented almost his only contributions to literature had nowhere met with any real cordiality of reception . Those con- cerned , therefore , in the publication of the first volume of the Journal can hardly have had much expectation ...
... represented almost his only contributions to literature had nowhere met with any real cordiality of reception . Those con- cerned , therefore , in the publication of the first volume of the Journal can hardly have had much expectation ...
Page xix
... represents a permanent note of character , a lasting attitude of mind . A great deal , of course , in the two papers is technical and statistic , but what there is of general comment and criticism is so good that one is tempted to make ...
... represents a permanent note of character , a lasting attitude of mind . A great deal , of course , in the two papers is technical and statistic , but what there is of general comment and criticism is so good that one is tempted to make ...
Page xx
... represented at that moment almost everything that was intellectually distinguished in Geneva , as it was the guardian , broadly speaking , of the scientific and literary traditions of the little State , we can easily imagine how galling ...
... represented at that moment almost everything that was intellectually distinguished in Geneva , as it was the guardian , broadly speaking , of the scientific and literary traditions of the little State , we can easily imagine how galling ...
Page xxii
... represent rather a dull discomfort in his life , which in course of time , and in combination with a good many other causes , produced certain unfavourable results on his temperament and on his public career , than anything very tragic ...
... represent rather a dull discomfort in his life , which in course of time , and in combination with a good many other causes , produced certain unfavourable results on his temperament and on his public career , than anything very tragic ...
Page xxviii
... represent an amount of labour which would have more than carried him through some serious piece of critical or philosophical work , and so enabled him to content the just expectations of his world . He began to write early , as is ...
... represent an amount of labour which would have more than carried him through some serious piece of critical or philosophical work , and so enabled him to content the just expectations of his world . He began to write early , as is ...
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Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frederic Amiel - Primary Source ... Henri édéric Amiel,Humphry Ward No preview available - 2014 |
Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri Frederic Amiel Henri-Frederic Amiel No preview available - 2016 |
Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel Henri Frederic Amiel,Humphry Ward No preview available - 2018 |
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