Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xlviii
... ideas , the free play of fancy and of gaiety . Amiel was not one of the origi- nal members of these Thursday parties ; but whenever he joined us we regarded it as a fête - day . In serious discussion he was a master of the unexpected ...
... ideas , the free play of fancy and of gaiety . Amiel was not one of the origi- nal members of these Thursday parties ; but whenever he joined us we regarded it as a fête - day . In serious discussion he was a master of the unexpected ...
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... ideas , enjoying the inmost life of things . " ' Thought , ' he says somewhere in the Journal , is like opium . It can in- toxicate us and yet leave us broad awake . ' To this intoxication of thought he seems to have been always ...
... ideas , enjoying the inmost life of things . " ' Thought , ' he says somewhere in the Journal , is like opium . It can in- toxicate us and yet leave us broad awake . ' To this intoxication of thought he seems to have been always ...
Page li
... idea into a num- ber of different and conflicting sections of philosophical opinion . He was under the spell of German synthesis , of that tradi- 6 tional , involuntary effort which the German mind makes INTRODUCTION . li.
... idea into a num- ber of different and conflicting sections of philosophical opinion . He was under the spell of German synthesis , of that tradi- 6 tional , involuntary effort which the German mind makes INTRODUCTION . li.
Page lviii
... ideas intoxicate me sometimes . ' But in vain . ' Reality , the present , the irreparable , the necessary , repel and even terrify me . I have too much imagination , conscience , and penetration , and not enough character . The life of ...
... ideas intoxicate me sometimes . ' But in vain . ' Reality , the present , the irreparable , the necessary , repel and even terrify me . I have too much imagination , conscience , and penetration , and not enough character . The life of ...
Page lxviii
... idea of composition or publicity – are marked by the repetition , the lacunæ , the carelessness , inherent in this kind of monologue . The thoughts and sentiments expressed have no other aim than sincerity of rendering . ' And his ...
... idea of composition or publicity – are marked by the repetition , the lacunæ , the carelessness , inherent in this kind of monologue . The thoughts and sentiments expressed have no other aim than sincerity of rendering . ' And his ...
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