Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page lxiii
... once more con- scious of myself , of listening to the passage of time and the flow of the universal life , is sometimes enough to make me forget every desire and to quench in me both the wish to produce and the power to execute . ' It ...
... once more con- scious of myself , of listening to the passage of time and the flow of the universal life , is sometimes enough to make me forget every desire and to quench in me both the wish to produce and the power to execute . ' It ...
Page lxiv
... once of the weak point , the germ of failure in a project or an action . It is another aspect of the same idiosyncrasy . ' The point I have reached seems to be explained by a too restless search for perfection , by the abuse of the ...
... once of the weak point , the germ of failure in a project or an action . It is another aspect of the same idiosyncrasy . ' The point I have reached seems to be explained by a too restless search for perfection , by the abuse of the ...
Page lxv
... once . His sense of duty rebels , his conscience suffers , and he makes resolution after reso- lution to shake himself free from the mental tradition which had taken such hold upon him to write , to produce , to satisfy his friends . In ...
... once . His sense of duty rebels , his conscience suffers , and he makes resolution after reso- lution to shake himself free from the mental tradition which had taken such hold upon him to write , to produce , to satisfy his friends . In ...
Page lxxi
... and his old haunts and friends in Germany more than once , and in general kept the current of his life fresh and vigorous by his openness to impressions and additions from without . 6 - He was , as we have said , INTRODUCTION . lxxi.
... and his old haunts and friends in Germany more than once , and in general kept the current of his life fresh and vigorous by his openness to impressions and additions from without . 6 - He was , as we have said , INTRODUCTION . lxxi.
Page xciii
... once surrendered itself to the austere and penetrating influences flowing from the religion of sin and grace ; and so far as feeling and temperament are con- cerned , Amiel retained throughout his life the marks of Calvinism and Geneva ...
... once surrendered itself to the austere and penetrating influences flowing from the religion of sin and grace ; and so far as feeling and temperament are con- cerned , Amiel retained throughout his life the marks of Calvinism and Geneva ...
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