The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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Page 7
... 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 of no restraint . I was always vain and presumptive ; I ...
... 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 of no restraint . I was always vain and presumptive ; I ...
Page 9
... lost all my taste for them , and when I was obliged to go from the sight of my dear mistress to my philosophical exercises , it was with the utmost regret and Her uncle melancholy . Love is incapable of being con- ABELARD TO PHILINTUS 9.
... lost all my taste for them , and when I was obliged to go from the sight of my dear mistress to my philosophical exercises , it was with the utmost regret and Her uncle melancholy . Love is incapable of being con- ABELARD TO PHILINTUS 9.
Page 15
... lost , you will too late repent that you have entangled your- self in a chain from which death alone can free you . I shall see you reduced to the married man's only hope of survivorship . Do you think that learning makes Heloise more ...
... lost , you will too late repent that you have entangled your- self in a chain from which death alone can free you . I shall see you reduced to the married man's only hope of survivorship . Do you think that learning makes Heloise more ...
Page 16
... lost my manhood . So cruel an action escaped not justice , the villain suffered the same mutila- tion , poor comfort for so irretrievable an evil . I confess to you that shame more than any sincere penitence made me resolve to hide ...
... lost my manhood . So cruel an action escaped not justice , the villain suffered the same mutila- tion , poor comfort for so irretrievable an evil . I confess to you that shame more than any sincere penitence made me resolve to hide ...
Page 25
... lost the substantial pleasures of seeing and possessing you , I shall in some measure compensate this loss by the satisfaction I shall find in your writing . There I shall read your most sacred thoughts ; I shall carry them always about ...
... lost the substantial pleasures of seeing and possessing you , I shall in some measure compensate this loss by the satisfaction I shall find in your writing . There I shall read your most sacred thoughts ; I shall carry them always about ...
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