The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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Page 1
... gave me a melancholy account of your misfor- consoles tunes ; I was sensibly touched with the relation , and like a true friend bore a share in your griefs . What did I not say to stop your tears ? I laid before you all the reasons ...
... gave me a melancholy account of your misfor- consoles tunes ; I was sensibly touched with the relation , and like a true friend bore a share in your griefs . What did I not say to stop your tears ? I laid before you all the reasons ...
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... gave me ground to hope for everything from her generosity . Fulbert desired me to instruct her in philosophy ; by this means I found opportunities of being in private with her , and yet I was surely of all men the most timorous in ...
... gave me ground to hope for everything from her generosity . Fulbert desired me to instruct her in philosophy ; by this means I found opportunities of being in private with her , and yet I was surely of all men the most timorous in ...
Page 10
... gave our amours such an éclat that the lives of Heloise and Abelard were the subject of all conversations . The town talk at last reached Fulbert's ears ; it was with great difficulty he gave credit to what he heard , for he loved his ...
... gave our amours such an éclat that the lives of Heloise and Abelard were the subject of all conversations . The town talk at last reached Fulbert's ears ; it was with great difficulty he gave credit to what he heard , for he loved his ...
Page 13
... gave her gallants every opportunity to display their abilities . I was infinitely perplexed what course to take ; at last I applied myself to Heloise's singing - master . The shining metal , which had no effect on Agaton , charmed him ...
... gave her gallants every opportunity to display their abilities . I was infinitely perplexed what course to take ; at last I applied myself to Heloise's singing - master . The shining metal , which had no effect on Agaton , charmed him ...
Page 14
... gave the censorious marriage an occasion of suspecting him for something more than the uncle of Heloise . In short , I began to pity his misfortune , and to think this robbery which love had made me commit was a sort of treason . I ...
... gave the censorious marriage an occasion of suspecting him for something more than the uncle of Heloise . In short , I began to pity his misfortune , and to think this robbery which love had made me commit was a sort of treason . I ...
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