The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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... avoid it . I was a philosopher , yet this tyrant of the mind triumphed over all my wisdom ; his darts were of greater force than all my reasonings , and with a sweet constraint he led me wherever he pleased . Heaven , amidst an ...
... avoid it . I was a philosopher , yet this tyrant of the mind triumphed over all my wisdom ; his darts were of greater force than all my reasonings , and with a sweet constraint he led me wherever he pleased . Heaven , amidst an ...
Page 9
... avoiding it , I had to do violence to my desire and change the discourse to some other subject . After this I found frequent opportunities to free Heloise from those suspicions which the general insincerity of men had raised in her ...
... avoiding it , I had to do violence to my desire and change the discourse to some other subject . After this I found frequent opportunities to free Heloise from those suspicions which the general insincerity of men had raised in her ...
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... avoid idleness , the unhappy incendiary of those criminal flames which had ruined me in the world , I endeavoured in my retirement to put those talents to a good use which I had before so much abused . I gave the novices rules of ...
... avoid idleness , the unhappy incendiary of those criminal flames which had ruined me in the world , I endeavoured in my retirement to put those talents to a good use which I had before so much abused . I gave the novices rules of ...
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... avoid fame and be secure from the malice of my enemies . I was again deceived . The desire of being taught by me drew crowds of auditors even hither . Many left the towns and their houses , and came and lived in tents ; for herbs ...
... avoid fame and be secure from the malice of my enemies . I was again deceived . The desire of being taught by me drew crowds of auditors even hither . Many left the towns and their houses , and came and lived in tents ; for herbs ...
Page 34
... avoid it ; you merited incense when you could remove to a distance the hand that offered it : but since your heart has been softened and has yielded , since you have devoted and sacrificed yourself , you are deserted and forgotten ! I ...
... avoid it ; you merited incense when you could remove to a distance the hand that offered it : but since your heart has been softened and has yielded , since you have devoted and sacrificed yourself , you are deserted and forgotten ! I ...
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