The Romance of Abelard and HeloiseAppleton, 1853 - 266 pages |
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... church and state , and statesmen preserved kingdoms , as politicians now save the Union . Then , too , men wept and prayed , laughed and sung . There were then marriage and giving in marriage , wars and rumors of war , loves and hates ...
... church and state , and statesmen preserved kingdoms , as politicians now save the Union . Then , too , men wept and prayed , laughed and sung . There were then marriage and giving in marriage , wars and rumors of war , loves and hates ...
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... church , the heroic He- loise in the twelfth century proved , by her example and her writings , to be equal with man , -equal as a whole , compensating for lack of energy and strength by su- perior devotedness , patient endurance and ...
... church , the heroic He- loise in the twelfth century proved , by her example and her writings , to be equal with man , -equal as a whole , compensating for lack of energy and strength by su- perior devotedness , patient endurance and ...
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... church on our left , that overlooks the street below . It is a simple church , but men are accustomed to worship there the Maker of heaven and earth . It stands , as it were , at the gateway of the village , and we will re- spect the ...
... church on our left , that overlooks the street below . It is a simple church , but men are accustomed to worship there the Maker of heaven and earth . It stands , as it were , at the gateway of the village , and we will re- spect the ...
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... church ? They are overgrown with ivy , and seem to be very old . Never mind the church , let us ascend the hill . The dilapidated walls , and half - filled fosses , indicate an ancient and strong construction . They inclose a cemetery ...
... church ? They are overgrown with ivy , and seem to be very old . Never mind the church , let us ascend the hill . The dilapidated walls , and half - filled fosses , indicate an ancient and strong construction . They inclose a cemetery ...
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... church , as increasing the danger of his heretical doctrines ; this giant , as he is described by one of his opponents , with the strength of Milo of Crotona , who spoke with labor yet with power , was a native of Brittany , a man of ...
... church , as increasing the danger of his heretical doctrines ; this giant , as he is described by one of his opponents , with the strength of Milo of Crotona , who spoke with labor yet with power , was a native of Brittany , a man of ...
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Page 165 - And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
Page 204 - And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Page 31 - There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise : the ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer ; the conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; the locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; the spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings
Page 144 - Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid; They live, they speak, they breathe what love inspires, Warm from the soul, and faithful to its fires ; The virgin's wish without her fears impart, Excuse the blush, and pour out all the heart, Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole. Thou know'st how guiltless first I met thy flame. When Love approach'd me under Friendship's name; My fancy form'd thee of angelic kind, Some emanation of th
Page 162 - Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Page 137 - With other beauties charm my partial eyes, Full in my view set all the bright abode. And make my soul quit Abelard for God. Ah! think at least thy flock deserves thy care, Plants of thy hand, and children of thy prayer.
Page 119 - Canst thou forget that sad, that solemn day, When victims at yon altar's foot we lay? Canst thou forget what tears that moment fell, When, warm in youth, I bade the world farewell? As with cold lips I kiss'd the sacred veil, The shrines all trembled, and the lamps grew pale...
Page 176 - Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded : yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Page 165 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Page 104 - I deign to prove; No, make me mistress to the man I love; If there be yet another name more free, More fond than mistress, make me that to thee! Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature, law...