The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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Page 1
... misfortunes , and yours , Philintus , will be nothing as compared with those of the loving and unhappy Abelard . Observe , I beseech you , at what expense I endeavour to serve you ; and think this no small mark of my affection ; for I ...
... misfortunes , and yours , Philintus , will be nothing as compared with those of the loving and unhappy Abelard . Observe , I beseech you , at what expense I endeavour to serve you ; and think this no small mark of my affection ; for I ...
Page 11
... misfortunes ! It being impossible that I could live without seeing Heloise , I endeavoured to engage her ser- vant , whose name was Agaton , in my interest . She was brown , well - shaped , and a person superior to her rank ; her ...
... misfortunes ! It being impossible that I could live without seeing Heloise , I endeavoured to engage her ser- vant , whose name was Agaton , in my interest . She was brown , well - shaped , and a person superior to her rank ; her ...
Page 14
... misfortune , and to think this robbery which love had made me commit was a sort of treason . I endeavoured to appease his anger by a sincere confession of all that was past , and by hearty engagements to marry Heloise secretly . He gave ...
... misfortune , and to think this robbery which love had made me commit was a sort of treason . I endeavoured to appease his anger by a sincere confession of all that was past , and by hearty engagements to marry Heloise secretly . He gave ...
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... , for the Duke of Brittany , informed of my misfortunes , named me to the Abbey of St. Gildas , where I now am , and where I suffer every day fresh persecutions . I live in a barbarous country , the language of 18 LETTER I.
... , for the Duke of Brittany , informed of my misfortunes , named me to the Abbey of St. Gildas , where I now am , and where I suffer every day fresh persecutions . I live in a barbarous country , the language of 18 LETTER I.
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... misfortunes to our advantage , make them meritorious , or at least wipe out our offences : let us receive without murmuring what comes from the hand of God , and let us not oppose our will to His . Adieu ; I give you advice which ...
... misfortunes to our advantage , make them meritorious , or at least wipe out our offences : let us receive without murmuring what comes from the hand of God , and let us not oppose our will to His . Adieu ; I give you advice which ...
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