Amiel's Journal, Volumes 1-2Macmillan, 1923 |
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Page ix
... mind as Amiel's , were it not for the barrier of lan- guage . It is , at any rate , in the hope that a certain number of additional readers may be thereby attracted to the Journal Intime that this translation of it has been under- taken ...
... mind as Amiel's , were it not for the barrier of lan- guage . It is , at any rate , in the hope that a certain number of additional readers may be thereby attracted to the Journal Intime that this translation of it has been under- taken ...
Page xviii
... mind for several years past , and to which it is to be hoped he has now given expression with sufficient emphasis and brusquerie to satisfy even his passion for intellectual adventure . Still , the rank of the book was fully recognised ...
... mind for several years past , and to which it is to be hoped he has now given expression with sufficient emphasis and brusquerie to satisfy even his passion for intellectual adventure . Still , the rank of the book was fully recognised ...
Page xx
... mind . Amongst ourselves , although the Journal has attracted the attention of all who keep a vigilant eye on the progress of foreign literature , and although one or two appre- ciative articles have appeared on it in the magazines ...
... mind . Amongst ourselves , although the Journal has attracted the attention of all who keep a vigilant eye on the progress of foreign literature , and although one or two appre- ciative articles have appeared on it in the magazines ...
Page xxix
... mind , but the product itself has no particular savour of its own . The occa- sional note of depression and discourage- ment , however , is a different thing ; here , for those who know the Journal Intime , there is already something ...
... mind , but the product itself has no particular savour of its own . The occa- sional note of depression and discourage- ment , however , is a different thing ; here , for those who know the Journal Intime , there is already something ...
Page xxx
... mind to mind ; there still remains the question whether , after all , ' he who discovers a new world in the depths of the invisible would not do wisely to plant on it a flag known to himself alone , and , like Achilles , " devour his ...
... mind to mind ; there still remains the question whether , after all , ' he who discovers a new world in the depths of the invisible would not do wisely to plant on it a flag known to himself alone , and , like Achilles , " devour his ...
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