The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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Page 1
... no small mark of my affection ; for I am going to present you with the relation of such particulars as it is impossible for me to re- He re- collect without piercing my heart with the most I INTRODUCTION i -ABELARD TO PHILINTUS.
... no small mark of my affection ; for I am going to present you with the relation of such particulars as it is impossible for me to re- He re- collect without piercing my heart with the most I INTRODUCTION i -ABELARD TO PHILINTUS.
Page 9
... affection , and were ingenious in contriving incidents which might give us a plausible occasion of meeting . Pyramus and Thisbe's discovery of the crack in the wall was but a slight representa- tion of our love and its sagacity . In the ...
... affection , and were ingenious in contriving incidents which might give us a plausible occasion of meeting . Pyramus and Thisbe's discovery of the crack in the wall was but a slight representa- tion of our love and its sagacity . In the ...
Page 12
... affections . I have a tender heart as well as my mistress ; you may without difficulty make returns to my passion . Do not perplex yourself with scruples ; a prudent man should love several at the same time , then if one should fail he ...
... affections . I have a tender heart as well as my mistress ; you may without difficulty make returns to my passion . Do not perplex yourself with scruples ; a prudent man should love several at the same time , then if one should fail he ...
Page 15
... affection ; beauty , youth and learning , all that can make a person valuable meet in her . You may adore all this if you please , but not to flatter you , what is beauty but a flower which may be blasted by the least fit of sickness ...
... affection ; beauty , youth and learning , all that can make a person valuable meet in her . You may adore all this if you please , but not to flatter you , what is beauty but a flower which may be blasted by the least fit of sickness ...
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... affectionate regard and mutual obligation between us , we should use it . If we could be so ungrateful as not to speak our just acknowledgments to you , this church , these altars , these walls , would reproach our silence and speak for ...
... affectionate regard and mutual obligation between us , we should use it . If we could be so ungrateful as not to speak our just acknowledgments to you , this church , these altars , these walls , would reproach our silence and speak for ...
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