The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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... conquer . lives You may see me , hear my sighs , and be a witness of all my sorrows without incurring any danger , since you can only relieve me with tears and words . If I have put myself into a cloister with reason , persuade me to ...
... conquer . lives You may see me , hear my sighs , and be a witness of all my sorrows without incurring any danger , since you can only relieve me with tears and words . If I have put myself into a cloister with reason , persuade me to ...
Page 37
... conquered by my feelings ; love troubles my mind and disorders my will . Sometimes I am swayed by the senti- ment of piety which arises within me , and then the next moment I yield up my imagination to all that is amorous and tender . I ...
... conquered by my feelings ; love troubles my mind and disorders my will . Sometimes I am swayed by the senti- ment of piety which arises within me , and then the next moment I yield up my imagination to all that is amorous and tender . I ...
Page 67
... conquest . If But it was easy for you to cure me of a suspicion so opposite to my own inclination . I ought to have foreseen other more certain evils , and to have considered that the idea of lost enjoyments would be the trouble of my ...
... conquest . If But it was easy for you to cure me of a suspicion so opposite to my own inclination . I ought to have foreseen other more certain evils , and to have considered that the idea of lost enjoyments would be the trouble of my ...
Page 72
... conquer for fear I should be over- come ; happiness enough for me to escape ship- wreck and at last reach port . Heaven commands me to renounce my fatal passion for you , but oh ! my heart will never be able to consent to it . Adieu ...
... conquer for fear I should be over- come ; happiness enough for me to escape ship- wreck and at last reach port . Heaven commands me to renounce my fatal passion for you , but oh ! my heart will never be able to consent to it . Adieu ...
Page 76
... conquer so reign- ing a passion ; but you were mistaken , Abelard , my weakness , when supported by grace , has not hindered me from winning a complete victory . Restore me , then , to your esteem ; your own piety should solicit you to ...
... conquer so reign- ing a passion ; but you were mistaken , Abelard , my weakness , when supported by grace , has not hindered me from winning a complete victory . Restore me , then , to your esteem ; your own piety should solicit you to ...
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