The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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... given here being published in 1722. It is rather a paraphrase than a translation , but by its swiftness and sympathy best gives the spirit of the original . The story of these illustrious lovers is told in their correspondence , but the ...
... given here being published in 1722. It is rather a paraphrase than a translation , but by its swiftness and sympathy best gives the spirit of the original . The story of these illustrious lovers is told in their correspondence , but the ...
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... given ! You , my friend , know what love is ; imagine then what a pleasure it must have been to a heart so inflamed as mine to be always so near the dear object of desire ! I would not have exchanged my happy condition for that of the ...
... given ! You , my friend , know what love is ; imagine then what a pleasure it must have been to a heart so inflamed as mine to be always so near the dear object of desire ! I would not have exchanged my happy condition for that of the ...
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... mistress . But you say you are sure of the affection of Heloise ; I believe it ; she has given you no ordinary proofs . But can you be sure marriage B Fulbert's will not be the tomb of her love ? 4 15 ABELARD TO PHILINTUS.
... mistress . But you say you are sure of the affection of Heloise ; I believe it ; she has given you no ordinary proofs . But can you be sure marriage B Fulbert's will not be the tomb of her love ? 4 15 ABELARD TO PHILINTUS.
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... given to your chapel ! What a storm was raised against you by the treacherous monks when you did them the honour to be called their brother ! This history of our numerous misfortunes , related in so true and moving a manner , made my ...
... given to your chapel ! What a storm was raised against you by the treacherous monks when you did them the honour to be called their brother ! This history of our numerous misfortunes , related in so true and moving a manner , made my ...
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... house , ' tis wholly your work . You , by inhabiting here , have given fame and holiness to a place known before only for robberies and murders . You have in a literal sense made the den of thieves into a house of 26 LETTER II.
... house , ' tis wholly your work . You , by inhabiting here , have given fame and holiness to a place known before only for robberies and murders . You have in a literal sense made the den of thieves into a house of 26 LETTER II.
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