The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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... glory of battles and the pomp of triumphs ; nay , more , I yielded them up my birthright and patrimony . I knew necessity was the great spur to study , and was afraid I should not merit the title of learned if I distinguished myself ...
... glory of battles and the pomp of triumphs ; nay , more , I yielded them up my birthright and patrimony . I knew necessity was the great spur to study , and was afraid I should not merit the title of learned if I distinguished myself ...
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... surmount them with the greater glory and pleasure . There was in Paris a young creature ( ah , Phil- intus ! ) formed in a prodigality of nature to show mankind a finished composition ; dear Heloise , He meets 6 LETTER I.
... surmount them with the greater glory and pleasure . There was in Paris a young creature ( ah , Phil- intus ! ) formed in a prodigality of nature to show mankind a finished composition ; dear Heloise , He meets 6 LETTER I.
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... glory cooled immediately in my heart , and all my passions were lost in this new one . I thought of nothing but Heloise ; every- thing brought her image to my mind . I was pensive and restless , and my passion was so violent as to admit ...
... glory cooled immediately in my heart , and all my passions were lost in this new one . I thought of nothing but Heloise ; every- thing brought her image to my mind . I was pensive and restless , and my passion was so violent as to admit ...
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... glory raised against you . I shall never forget your reputation , so justly acquired , torn to pieces and blasted by the inexorable cruelty of pseudo pretenders to science . Was not your treatise of Divinity con- demned to be burnt ...
... glory raised against you . I shall never forget your reputation , so justly acquired , torn to pieces and blasted by the inexorable cruelty of pseudo pretenders to science . Was not your treatise of Divinity con- demned to be burnt ...
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... glory only , I read with delight all those praises you offered me , and without reflecting how little I deserved , I believed myself such as you described , that I might be more certain that I pleased you . But oh ! where is that happy ...
... glory only , I read with delight all those praises you offered me , and without reflecting how little I deserved , I believed myself such as you described , that I might be more certain that I pleased you . But oh ! where is that happy ...
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