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The Confessions of St. Augustine are the first autobiography, and they have this to distinguish them from all other autobiographies, that they are addressed directly to God. Rousseau's unburdening of himself is the last, most effectual manifestation of that nervous, defiant consciousness of other people which haunted him all his life. He felt that all the men and women whom he passed on his way through the world were at watch upon him, and mostly with no very favourable intentions. The exasperation of all those eyes fixed upon him, the absorbing, the protesting self-consciousness which they called forth in him, drove him, in spite of. | Figures of Several Centuries by Arthur Symons 1 Figures of Several Centuries by Arthur Symons The Project Gutenberg EBook of Figures of Several Centuries by Arthur Symons This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Figures of Several Centuries Author Arthur Symons Release Date May 9 2007 EBook 21407 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FIGURES OF SEVERAL CENTURIES Produced by Ted Garvin Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http FIGURES OF SEVERAL CENTURIES BY ARTHUR SYMONS Figures of Several Centuries by Arthur Symons 2 LONDON CONSTABLE AND COMPANY LTD 1917 First published December 1916. Reprinted January June 1917. TO JOSEPH CONRAD WITH A FRIEND S ADMIRATION CONTENTS PAGE SAINT AUGUSTINE 1 CHARLES LAMB 13 VILLON 37 CASANOVA AT DUX 41 JOHN DONNE 80 EMILY BRONTE 109 EDGAR ALLAN POE 115 THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES 122 GUSTAVE FLAUBERT 130 GEORGE MEREDITH AS A POET 141 ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE 153 DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI 201 A NOTE ON THE GENIUS OF THOMAS HARDY 207 LÉON CLADEL 216 HENRIK IBSEN 222 JORIS-KARL HUYSMANS 268 TWO SYMBOLISTS 300 CHARLES BAUDELAIRE 310 WALTER PATER 316 Figures of Several Centuries by Arthur Symons THE GONCOURTS 336 3 COVENTRY PATMORE 351 SAROJINI NAIDU 376 WELSH POETRY 390 SAINT AUGUSTINE The Confessions of St. Augustine are the first autobiography and they have this to distinguish them from all other autobiographies that they are addressed directly to God. Rousseau s unburdening of himself is the last most effectual manifestation of that nervous defiant consciousness of other people which haunted him all his life. He felt that all the men and women whom he passed on his way through the world were at watch upon him and mostly with no very favourable .