The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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Page 8
... look told her the trouble of my soul . And she , on the other side , 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 ...
... look told her the trouble of my soul . And she , on the other side , 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 ...
Page 10
... look , nay , silence , speaks it . them My scholars discovered it first ; they saw I had no longer that vivacity of thought to which all things are easy ; I could now do nothing but write verses to soothe my passion . I quitted ...
... look , nay , silence , speaks it . them My scholars discovered it first ; they saw I had no longer that vivacity of thought to which all things are easy ; I could now do nothing but write verses to soothe my passion . I quitted ...
Page 15
... looks , and deciding upon the merit of authors . When such a one is in the rush of her discourse , husband , friends and ser- vants all fly before her . Heloise has not this fault , yet ' tis troublesome not to be at liberty to use the ...
... looks , and deciding upon the merit of authors . When such a one is in the rush of her discourse , husband , friends and ser- vants all fly before her . Heloise has not this fault , yet ' tis troublesome not to be at liberty to use the ...
Page 25
... look at it ; and yet when you are present with me I scarce ever cast my eyes on it . If a picture , which is but a mute representation of an object , can give such pleasure , what cannot letters inspire ? They have souls ; they can ...
... look at it ; and yet when you are present with me I scarce ever cast my eyes on it . If a picture , which is but a mute representation of an object , can give such pleasure , what cannot letters inspire ? They have souls ; they can ...
Page 38
... look back ? ' If my youth and sex might give occasion of fear that I should return to the world , could not my behaviour , my fidelity , and this heart which you ought to know , banish such ungenerous apprehensions ? This distrust hurt ...
... look back ? ' If my youth and sex might give occasion of fear that I should return to the world , could not my behaviour , my fidelity , and this heart which you ought to know , banish such ungenerous apprehensions ? This distrust hurt ...
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Abbot of Cluni Abelard and Heloise affliction altar Argenteuil Aristotle beauty Brittany buried myself alive Champeaux charms cloister Cluny comfort confess conquer Council of Sens Council of Soissons crime cruel dear Abelard death delight desire divine duty Eloïsa endeavour enemies envy esteem ev'ry eyes fatal father fear flatter forget Fulbert give glory grace grief guilty happy hear heart Heaven Heloise holy honour husband imagination innocent joys learning letters live Lord lover marriage master memory mind miserable misfortunes mistress never occasion ourselves pain Paraclete Paris passion penitence Père Lachaise persuaded Peter Abelard Philintus piety pity pleasure prayers punishment reason religion renounce repentance reproach retirement saints salvation sensible shame sighs silence sincere sister sorrows soul suffer tears tell temptations tender Tertullian thee thou thought tion torments trembling trouble unhappy Villenave virtue vows weakness weep woman wretched write