The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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... mark of my affection ; for I am going to present you with the relation of such particulars as it is impossible for me to re- He re- collect without piercing my heart with the most I INTRODUCTION i -ABELARD TO PHILINTUS.
... mark of my affection ; for I am going to present you with the relation of such particulars as it is impossible for me to re- He re- collect without piercing my heart with the most I INTRODUCTION i -ABELARD TO PHILINTUS.
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Peter Abelard. He re- collect without piercing my heart with the most lates his sensible affliction . early life You know the place where I was born , but not , perhaps , that I was born with those com- plexional faults which strangers ...
Peter Abelard. He re- collect without piercing my heart with the most lates his sensible affliction . early life You know the place where I was born , but not , perhaps , that I was born with those com- plexional faults which strangers ...
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... heart , and her education was equally admirable . Heloise was the mistress of the most polite arts . You may easily imagine that this did not a little help to captivate me ; I saw her , I loved her , I resolved to make her love me . The ...
... heart , and her education was equally admirable . Heloise was the mistress of the most polite arts . You may easily imagine that this did not a little help to captivate me ; I saw her , I loved her , I resolved to make her love me . The ...
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... 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 greatest monarch upon earth . I saw Heloise , I spoke to her - each action , each con- fused look ...
... 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 greatest monarch upon earth . I saw Heloise , I spoke to her - each action , each con- fused look ...
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... heart was not prepossessed by another passion . I met her alone and entreated her to have pity on a distressed lover . She answered she would under- take anything to serve me , but there was a reward . At these words I opened my purse ...
... heart was not prepossessed by another passion . I met her alone and entreated her to have pity on a distressed lover . She answered she would under- take anything to serve me , but there was a reward . At these words I opened my purse ...
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