Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page lxxiii
... turn of mind was cheerful ; up to the end he was young , a child even , amused by mere nothings ; and whoever had heard him laugh his hearty student's laugh would have found it difficult to identify him with the author of so many sombre ...
... turn of mind was cheerful ; up to the end he was young , a child even , amused by mere nothings ; and whoever had heard him laugh his hearty student's laugh would have found it difficult to identify him with the author of so many sombre ...
Page 17
... turn ! Give the world thy measure , say thy word , reveal thy nullity or thy capacity . Come forth from the shade ! It is no longer a question of promising - thou must perform . time of apprenticeship is over . Servant , show us what ...
... turn ! Give the world thy measure , say thy word , reveal thy nullity or thy capacity . Come forth from the shade ! It is no longer a question of promising - thou must perform . time of apprenticeship is over . Servant , show us what ...
Page 33
... ; but now that it is conscious and possesses itself , it is able to conclude and affirm in its turn , so that , after having brought disquiet , it now brings peace . It says : There is no repose for AMIEL'S JOURNAL . 33.
... ; but now that it is conscious and possesses itself , it is able to conclude and affirm in its turn , so that , after having brought disquiet , it now brings peace . It says : There is no repose for AMIEL'S JOURNAL . 33.
Page 34
... turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self - examination , but leave a little fallow corner in your heart ready for any seed the winds may bring , and reserve a nook of shadow for the passing bird ; keep a place in your ...
... turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self - examination , but leave a little fallow corner in your heart ready for any seed the winds may bring , and reserve a nook of shadow for the passing bird ; keep a place in your ...
Page 86
... turn rests from life . To sleep is to strain and purify our emotions , to deposit the mud of life , to calm the fever of the soul , to return into the bosom of maternal nature , thence to re - issue , healed and strong . Sleep is a sort ...
... turn rests from life . To sleep is to strain and purify our emotions , to deposit the mud of life , to calm the fever of the soul , to return into the bosom of maternal nature , thence to re - issue , healed and strong . Sleep is a sort ...
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