The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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... less passionate than the previous , aud then the silence falls once more . Abelard died in 1142 at the age of sixty - three , and twenty years later Heloise died and was buried beside him . Subsequently their remains were re- moved to ...
... less passionate than the previous , aud then the silence falls once more . Abelard died in 1142 at the age of sixty - three , and twenty years later Heloise died and was buried beside him . Subsequently their remains were re- moved to ...
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... less credulous . He surprised us in one of our more tender conversations . How fatal sometimes are the consequences of curiosity ! The anger of Fulbert seemed too moderate on this occasion , and I feared in the end some more heavy ...
... less credulous . He surprised us in one of our more tender conversations . How fatal sometimes are the consequences of curiosity ! The anger of Fulbert seemed too moderate on this occasion , and I feared in the end some more heavy ...
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... less secure than those of other men ! ' My sister grew warm in the argument , and was going on to give me a hundred more reasons of this kind , but I angrily interrupted her , telling her only that she did not know Heloise . A few days ...
... less secure than those of other men ! ' My sister grew warm in the argument , and was going on to give me a hundred more reasons of this kind , but I angrily interrupted her , telling her only that she did not know Heloise . A few days ...
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... less , for it is said that all sorrows divided are made lighter . Tell me not by way of excuse you will spare me tears ; the tears of women shut up in a melan- choly place and devoted to penitence are not to be spared . And if you wait ...
... less , for it is said that all sorrows divided are made lighter . Tell me not by way of excuse you will spare me tears ; the tears of women shut up in a melan- choly place and devoted to penitence are not to be spared . And if you wait ...
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... less share of brains than themselves . With what ease did you compose verses ! And yet those ingenious trifles , which were but a recreation to you , are still the entertainment and delight of persons of the best taste . The smallest ...
... less share of brains than themselves . With what ease did you compose verses ! And yet those ingenious trifles , which were but a recreation to you , are still the entertainment and delight of persons of the best taste . The smallest ...
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