The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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Page 5
... difficulty , the sure consequence was to be much more uncertain in the point . They who only saw him admired him , but those who rea- soned with him were extremely dissatisfied . He was a great master of words and talked much , but ...
... difficulty , the sure consequence was to be much more uncertain in the point . They who only saw him admired him , but those who rea- soned with him were extremely dissatisfied . He was a great master of words and talked much , but ...
Page 10
... difficulty he gave credit to what he heard , for he loved his niece , and was prejudiced in my favour ; but upon closer examination he began to be less credulous . He surprised us in one of our more tender conversations . How fatal ...
... difficulty he gave credit to what he heard , for he loved his niece , and was prejudiced in my favour ; but upon closer examination he began to be less credulous . He surprised us in one of our more tender conversations . How fatal ...
Page 12
... 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 is not left unprovided . ' You can imagine , Philintus , how much I was ...
... 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 is not left unprovided . ' You can imagine , Philintus , how much I was ...
Page 14
... to me , ' said she , to see myself your mistress than your wife ? And will not love have more power than mar- riage to keep our hearts firmly united ? Pleasures tasted sparingly and with difficulty have always a Lucilla higher 14 LETTER I.
... to me , ' said she , to see myself your mistress than your wife ? And will not love have more power than mar- riage to keep our hearts firmly united ? Pleasures tasted sparingly and with difficulty have always a Lucilla higher 14 LETTER I.
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Peter Abelard. tasted sparingly and with difficulty have always a Lucilla higher relish , whilst everything that is easy and also common grows stale and insipid . ' I was unmoved by all this reasoning , so Heloise prevailed upon my ...
Peter Abelard. tasted sparingly and with difficulty have always a Lucilla higher relish , whilst everything that is easy and also common grows stale and insipid . ' I was unmoved by all this reasoning , so Heloise prevailed upon my ...
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