The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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... memory what you have suffered in defence of your writings . I cannot help thinking of the rancorous malice of Alberic and Lotulf . A cruel Uncle and an injured Lover will always be present to my aching sight . I shall never forget what ...
... memory what you have suffered in defence of your writings . I cannot help thinking of the rancorous malice of Alberic and Lotulf . A cruel Uncle and an injured Lover will always be present to my aching sight . I shall never forget what ...
Page 23
... memory is perpetu- ally filled with bitter remembrances of passed evils ; and are there more to be feared still ? Shall my Abelard never be mentioned without tears ? Shall the dear name never be spoken but with sighs ? Observe , I ...
... memory is perpetu- ally filled with bitter remembrances of passed evils ; and are there more to be feared still ? Shall my Abelard never be mentioned without tears ? Shall the dear name never be spoken but with sighs ? Observe , I ...
Page 33
... memory that they are past . Now learn , all you my rivals who once viewed my happiness with jealous eyes , that he you once envied me can never more be mine . I loved him ; my love was his crime and the cause of his punishment . My ...
... memory that they are past . Now learn , all you my rivals who once viewed my happiness with jealous eyes , that he you once envied me can never more be mine . I loved him ; my love was his crime and the cause of his punishment . My ...
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... memory . A heart which has loved as mine cannot soon be indifferent . We fluctuate long between love and hatred before we can arrive at tranquillity , and we always flatter ourselves with some forlorn hope that we shall not be utterly ...
... memory . A heart which has loved as mine cannot soon be indifferent . We fluctuate long between love and hatred before we can arrive at tranquillity , and we always flatter ourselves with some forlorn hope that we shall not be utterly ...
Page 42
... memory of our past misfortunes . I described with boldness the series of my disgraces to a friend , in order to make him less sensible to a loss he had sustained . If by this well - meaning device I have disturbed you , I purpose now to ...
... memory of our past misfortunes . I described with boldness the series of my disgraces to a friend , in order to make him less sensible to a loss he had sustained . If by this well - meaning device I have disturbed you , I purpose now to ...
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