The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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... falls desperately in love - as only the late lover can . Reason and religion are thrown to the winds ; he would marry her , but she loves with a devotion as mad as his , and marriage would arrest his advancement in the Church , so she ...
... falls desperately in love - as only the late lover can . Reason and religion are thrown to the winds ; he would marry her , but she loves with a devotion as mad as his , and marriage would arrest his advancement in the Church , so she ...
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... falls into her hands ; she learns he has not found content , she knows she has not . She writes to Abelard betraying all the pent - up passion of those years of restraint ; he replies in a letter alternating between religion and regret ...
... falls into her hands ; she learns he has not found content , she knows she has not . She writes to Abelard betraying all the pent - up passion of those years of restraint ; he replies in a letter alternating between religion and regret ...
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... 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 engage her ser- vant , whose name was Agaton , in my interest . She was ...
... 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 engage her ser- vant , whose name was Agaton , in my interest . She was ...
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... fall into my hands ; remem- my knowledge of the writing and my love of the brances hand gave me the curiosity to open it . In justi- fication of the liberty I took , I flattered myself I might claim a sovereign privilege over everything ...
... fall into my hands ; remem- my knowledge of the writing and my love of the brances hand gave me the curiosity to open it . In justi- fication of the liberty I took , I flattered myself I might claim a sovereign privilege over everything ...
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... falling . You fling the pearls of the Gospel before swine when you speak to those who are filled with the good things of this world and nourished with the fatness of the earth ; and you neglect the innocent sheep , who , tender as they ...
... falling . You fling the pearls of the Gospel before swine when you speak to those who are filled with the good things of this world and nourished with the fatness of the earth ; and you neglect the innocent sheep , who , tender as they ...
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