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Page viii
... society around him ; while his professorial lectures were generally pronounced dry and unattractive , and the few volumes of poems which represented almost his only contributions to literature had nowhere met with any real cordiality of ...
... society around him ; while his professorial lectures were generally pronounced dry and unattractive , and the few volumes of poems which represented almost his only contributions to literature had nowhere met with any real cordiality of ...
Page xi
... society had power to attract distinguished visitors and admirers from all parts . The veteran Bonstetten , who had been the friend of Gray and the associate of Voltaire , was still talk- ing and enjoying life in his appartement ...
... society had power to attract distinguished visitors and admirers from all parts . The veteran Bonstetten , who had been the friend of Gray and the associate of Voltaire , was still talk- ing and enjoying life in his appartement ...
Page xii
... society . The generation which had waited for , prepared , and controlled , the Restoration of 1814 , was falling into the back- ground , and the younger generation , with all its respectability , wanted energy , above all , wanted ...
... society . The generation which had waited for , prepared , and controlled , the Restoration of 1814 , was falling into the back- ground , and the younger generation , with all its respectability , wanted energy , above all , wanted ...
Page xxi
... society which ignored him . There can be no doubt that he suffered , both in mind and character , from the struggle the position involved . He had no natural sympathy with Radicalism . His taste , which was ex- tremely fastidious , his ...
... society which ignored him . There can be no doubt that he suffered , both in mind and character , from the struggle the position involved . He had no natural sympathy with Radicalism . His taste , which was ex- tremely fastidious , his ...
Page xxii
... society of a few kindred spirits . We were accustomed , two or three friends and I , to walk every Thursday to the Salève , Lamartine's Salève aux flancs azurés ; we dined there , and did not return till nightfall . ' They were days ...
... society of a few kindred spirits . We were accustomed , two or three friends and I , to walk every Thursday to the Salève , Lamartine's Salève aux flancs azurés ; we dined there , and did not return till nightfall . ' They were days ...
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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 |
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