The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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Page 15
... death alone can free you . I shall see you reduced to the married man's only hope of survivorship . Do you think that learning makes Heloise more amiable ? I know she is not one of those affected females who are continually oppressing ...
... death alone can free you . I shall see you reduced to the married man's only hope of survivorship . Do you think that learning makes Heloise more amiable ? I know she is not one of those affected females who are continually oppressing ...
Page 17
... death of Pompey the Great , - ' O my loved lord , our fatal marriage draws On thee this doom , and I the guilty cause ! Then whilst thou goest th ' extremes of fate to prove , I'll share that fate and expiate thus my love . ' Speaking ...
... death of Pompey the Great , - ' O my loved lord , our fatal marriage draws On thee this doom , and I the guilty cause ! Then whilst thou goest th ' extremes of fate to prove , I'll share that fate and expiate thus my love . ' Speaking ...
Page 30
... death , and which put life and love under the same unhappy necessity . But you have not added how often I have protested that it was infinitely preferable to me to live with Abelard as his mistress than with any other as Empress of the ...
... death , and which put life and love under the same unhappy necessity . But you have not added how often I have protested that it was infinitely preferable to me to live with Abelard as his mistress than with any other as Empress of the ...
Page 36
... Death only then can make me leave the cloister where you have placed me ; and then my ashes shall rest here and wait for yours in order to show to the very last my obedience and devotion to you . it . Why should I conceal from you the ...
... Death only then can make me leave the cloister where you have placed me ; and then my ashes shall rest here and wait for yours in order to show to the very last my obedience and devotion to you . it . Why should I conceal from you the ...
Page 44
... death and silence ; it is very seldom that what ought to be is truly followed here and that God only is loved and served . Had I known this before I had instructed you better . You call me your master ; it is true you were entrusted to ...
... death and silence ; it is very seldom that what ought to be is truly followed here and that God only is loved and served . Had I known this before I had instructed you better . You call me your master ; it is true you were entrusted to ...
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