The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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Page 11
... appearing publicly . Ah ! how long did those few days seem to me ! When we fall from a state of happiness with what impatience do we bear our misfortunes ! It being impossible that I could live without seeing Heloise , I endeavoured to ...
... appearing publicly . Ah ! how long did those few days seem to me ! When we fall from a state of happiness with what impatience do we bear our misfortunes ! It being impossible that I could live without seeing Heloise , I endeavoured to ...
Page 45
... appears to me and confounds all my resolutions . What means have I not used ! I have armed my hands against myself ; I have exhausted my strength in constant exercises ; I comment upon St. Paul ; I contend with Aristotle : in short , I ...
... appears to me and confounds all my resolutions . What means have I not used ! I have armed my hands against myself ; I have exhausted my strength in constant exercises ; I comment upon St. Paul ; I contend with Aristotle : in short , I ...
Page 51
... appear harsh , but it must be done if we would be saved . To make it more easy consider why I pressed you to your vow before I took mine ; and pardon my sincerity and the design I have of meriting your neglect and hatred if I conceal ...
... appear harsh , but it must be done if we would be saved . To make it more easy consider why I pressed you to your vow before I took mine ; and pardon my sincerity and the design I have of meriting your neglect and hatred if I conceal ...
Page 63
... dost not give me any respite ; thou hast exhausted all thy venge- ance upon me , and reserved thyself nothing whereby thou mayst appear terrible to others . E a fall No rise Thou hast wearied thyself in tormenting HELOISE TO ABELARD 63.
... dost not give me any respite ; thou hast exhausted all thy venge- ance upon me , and reserved thyself nothing whereby thou mayst appear terrible to others . E a fall No rise Thou hast wearied thyself in tormenting HELOISE TO ABELARD 63.
Page 74
... appears to sinners . I began to dread the wrath of God now I was near experiencing it , and I repented that I had not better used the means of Grace . Those tender letters I wrote to you , those fond conversations I have had with you ...
... appears to sinners . I began to dread the wrath of God now I was near experiencing it , and I repented that I had not better used the means of Grace . Those tender letters I wrote to you , those fond conversations I have had with you ...
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