The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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... means of accomplishing satis- faction , it left me to the fury of my criminal desires . I will tell you , my dear friend , the particulars of my story , and leave you to judge whether I deserved so severe a correction . I had always an ...
... means of accomplishing satis- faction , it left me to the fury of my criminal desires . I will tell you , my dear friend , the particulars of my story , and leave you to judge whether I deserved so severe a correction . I had always an ...
Page 7
... means to speak to her . Lovers either find or make all things easy . By the offices of common friends I gained the acquaintance of Fulbert ; and can you believe it , Philintus , he allowed me the privilege of his table , and an ...
... means to speak to her . Lovers either find or make all things easy . By the offices of common friends I gained the acquaintance of Fulbert ; and can you believe it , Philintus , he allowed me the privilege of his table , and an ...
Page 8
... means I found opportunities of being in private with her , and yet I was surely of all men the most timorous in declaring my passion . As I was with her one day alone , Charming Heloise , ' said I , blushing , if you know yourself you ...
... means I found opportunities of being in private with her , and yet I was surely of all men the most timorous in declaring my passion . As I was with her one day alone , Charming Heloise , ' said I , blushing , if you know yourself you ...
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... means he left Xanthippe . Will it not be more agreeable to me , ' said she , to see myself your mistress than your wife ? And will not love have more power than mar- riage to keep our hearts firmly united ? Pleasures tasted sparingly ...
... means he left Xanthippe . Will it not be more agreeable to me , ' said she , to see myself your mistress than your wife ? And will not love have more power than mar- riage to keep our hearts firmly united ? Pleasures tasted sparingly ...
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... was too much to offer comfort to a friend for a few slight dis- graces , but such extraordinary means as the representation of our sufferings and revolutions . Abelard The What reflections did I not make ! I 21 -HELOISE TO ABELARD ·
... was too much to offer comfort to a friend for a few slight dis- graces , but such extraordinary means as the representation of our sufferings and revolutions . Abelard The What reflections did I not make ! I 21 -HELOISE TO ABELARD ·
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