Amiel's Journal, Volumes 1-2Macmillan, 1923 |
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Page l
... instinct , -'he came to his desk as to an altar . ' A friend who knew him well , ' says M. Scherer , ' remembers having heard him speak with deep emotion of that lofty serenity of mood which he had expe- rienced during his years in ...
... instinct , -'he came to his desk as to an altar . ' A friend who knew him well , ' says M. Scherer , ' remembers having heard him speak with deep emotion of that lofty serenity of mood which he had expe- rienced during his years in ...
Page lv
... instincts of life , was in Amiel almost constant , and the natural impulse of the human animal towards healthy move- ment and a normal play of function , never very strong in him , was gradually weakened and destroyed by an untoward ...
... instincts of life , was in Amiel almost constant , and the natural impulse of the human animal towards healthy move- ment and a normal play of function , never very strong in him , was gradually weakened and destroyed by an untoward ...
Page lxiv
... puissance are the words constantly on his lips . My friends see what I might have been ; I see what I am . ' 6 And yet the literary instinct remains , and must in some way be satisfied . And so lxiv AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... puissance are the words constantly on his lips . My friends see what I might have been ; I see what I am . ' 6 And yet the literary instinct remains , and must in some way be satisfied . And so lxiv AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
Page lxxxii
... instinct , as one declares , with a strange and marvellous poetry ; ' full of phrases ' d'une intense suggestion de beauté , ' according to another . Not that the whole of the Journal flows with the same ease , the same felicity . There ...
... instinct , as one declares , with a strange and marvellous poetry ; ' full of phrases ' d'une intense suggestion de beauté , ' according to another . Not that the whole of the Journal flows with the same ease , the same felicity . There ...
Page lxxxviii
... instinct in him is as strong and tenacious as in any of the representative exponents of the life of faith . The intel- lect is clear and unwavering ; but the heart clings to old traditions , and steadies itself on the rock of duty . His ...
... instinct in him is as strong and tenacious as in any of the representative exponents of the life of faith . The intel- lect is clear and unwavering ; but the heart clings to old traditions , and steadies itself on the rock of duty . His ...
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