The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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... natural vivacity and aptness for all the polite arts . My father was a gentleman and a man of good parts ; he loved the wars , but differed in his sentiments from many who follow that profession . He thought it no praise to be ...
... natural vivacity and aptness for all the polite arts . My father was a gentleman and a man of good parts ; he loved the wars , but differed in his sentiments from many who follow that profession . He thought it no praise to be ...
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... might surmount them with the greater glory and pleasure . There was in Paris a young creature ( ah , Phil- intus ! ) formed in a prodigality of nature to show mankind a finished composition ; dear Heloise , He meets 6 LETTER I.
... might surmount them with the greater glory and pleasure . There was in Paris a young creature ( ah , Phil- intus ! ) formed in a prodigality of nature to show mankind a finished composition ; dear Heloise , He meets 6 LETTER I.
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... natural to you , that I believe you cannot speak otherwise to me without violence to yourself . And since by this melancholy relation to your friend you have awakened all my sorrows , ' tis but reasonable you should allay them by some ...
... natural to you , that I believe you cannot speak otherwise to me without violence to yourself . And since by this melancholy relation to your friend you have awakened all my sorrows , ' tis but reasonable you should allay them by some ...
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... nature and the woman ; the one is changeable , the other is weak . To plant the Lord's vineyard is a work of no little labour ; but after it is planted it will require great application and diligence to dress it . The Apostle of the ...
... nature and the woman ; the one is changeable , the other is weak . To plant the Lord's vineyard is a work of no little labour ; but after it is planted it will require great application and diligence to dress it . The Apostle of the ...
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... nature of grace ? Why should I alone not reap the advantage of your learning ? When you write to me you will write to your wife ; marriage has made such a corre- spondence lawful , and since you can without the least scandal satisfy me ...
... nature of grace ? Why should I alone not reap the advantage of your learning ? When you write to me you will write to your wife ; marriage has made such a corre- spondence lawful , and since you can without the least scandal satisfy me ...
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