The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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Page 5
... Heaven the languid re- mains of a life he could make no further use of . My mother , who was yet young , took the same resolution . She turned a Religious , but did not entirely abandon the satisfactions of life ; her friends were ...
... Heaven the languid re- mains of a life he could make no further use of . My mother , who was yet young , took the same resolution . She turned a Religious , but did not entirely abandon the satisfactions of life ; her friends were ...
Page 6
... Heaven , amidst an abundance of blessings with which I was intoxicated , threw in a heavy afflic- tion . I became a most signal example of its vengeance , and the more unhappy because , having deprived me of the means of accomplishing ...
... Heaven , amidst an abundance of blessings with which I was intoxicated , threw in a heavy afflic- tion . I became a most signal example of its vengeance , and the more unhappy because , having deprived me of the means of accomplishing ...
Page 14
... Heaven had allowed him . proves His sorrow and lamentation gave the censorious marriage an occasion of suspecting him for something more than the uncle of Heloise . In short , I began to pity his misfortune , and to think this robbery ...
... Heaven had allowed him . proves His sorrow and lamentation gave the censorious marriage an occasion of suspecting him for something more than the uncle of Heloise . In short , I began to pity his misfortune , and to think this robbery ...
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... speak the dear name of Heloise , and delight to hear the sound ! I complain of the severity of Heaven ; but oh ! let us not deceive ourselves , I a monas- I am Love still have not yet made a right ABELARD TO PHILINTUS 19.
... speak the dear name of Heloise , and delight to hear the sound ! I complain of the severity of Heaven ; but oh ! let us not deceive ourselves , I a monas- I am Love still have not yet made a right ABELARD TO PHILINTUS 19.
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... heaven , and who with all their endeavours can scarcely prevent themselves from falling . You fling the pearls of the Gospel before swine when you speak to those who are filled with the good things of this world and nourished with the ...
... heaven , and who with all their endeavours can scarcely prevent themselves from falling . You fling the pearls of the Gospel before swine when you speak to those who are filled with the good things of this world and nourished with the ...
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