Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xlviii
... 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 ...
Page lxix
... which were perpetually reacting against the oppression of the intellect and its accumulations . In his hours of intellectual concentration he freed himself from all trammels of country or society , INTRODUCTION . lxix.
... which were perpetually reacting against the oppression of the intellect and its accumulations . In his hours of intellectual concentration he freed himself from all trammels of country or society , INTRODUCTION . lxix.
Page lxx
... society , or even , as he insists , from all sense of personality . But at other times he was the dutiful son of a country which he loved , taking a warm interest in every- thing Genevese , especially in everything that represented the ...
... society , or even , as he insists , from all sense of personality . But at other times he was the dutiful son of a country which he loved , taking a warm interest in every- thing Genevese , especially in everything that represented the ...
Page lxxii
... in him , and the reserved student , whose manners were thought affected in general society , could and did make him- self delightful to those who understood him , or those who looked to him for affection . ' xxii AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... in him , and the reserved student , whose manners were thought affected in general society , could and did make him- self delightful to those who understood him , or those who looked to him for affection . ' xxii AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
Page 28
... is be- ginning . The century of individualism , if abstract equality triumphs , runs a great risk of seeing no more true individuals . By continual levelling and division of labour , society will become 28 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... is be- ginning . The century of individualism , if abstract equality triumphs , runs a great risk of seeing no more true individuals . By continual levelling and division of labour , society will become 28 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
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