The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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... - ' If you demand the fortune of that day When stak'd on this right hand your honours lay , If I did not oblige the foe to yield , Yet did I never basely quit the field . ' up About this time my father , Beranger , who LETTER I.
... - ' If you demand the fortune of that day When stak'd on this right hand your honours lay , If I did not oblige the foe to yield , Yet did I never basely quit the field . ' up About this time my father , Beranger , who LETTER I.
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... never formed for any but herself ? My person was advantageous enough , and by my dress no one would have suspected me for a doctor ; and dress , you know , is not a little engaging with women . Besides , I had wit enough to write a ...
... never formed for any but herself ? My person was advantageous enough , and by my dress no one would have suspected me for a doctor ; and dress , you know , is not a little engaging with women . Besides , I had wit enough to write a ...
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... never wake a weak thought in me , beauty alone has stirred my soul ; happy if she who raised this passion kindly receives this declaration ; but if it is an offence ? — ' ' No , ' replied Heloise , she must be very ignorant of your ...
... never wake a weak thought in me , beauty alone has stirred my soul ; happy if she who raised this passion kindly receives this declaration ; but if it is an offence ? — ' ' No , ' replied Heloise , she must be very ignorant of your ...
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Peter Abelard. Heloise concealed the other part of the story . The He Canon never forgave this affront ; I afterwards carries off perceived he was more deeply concerned for his niece than I had at first imagined . Let no lover hereafter ...
Peter Abelard. Heloise concealed the other part of the story . The He Canon never forgave this affront ; I afterwards carries off perceived he was more deeply concerned for his niece than I had at first imagined . Let no lover hereafter ...
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... never saw it without fear , some heavy calamity always followed it . I saw yours too , equally unhappy . These mournful but dear remembrances put my heart into such violent motion that I thought it was too much to offer comfort to a ...
... never saw it without fear , some heavy calamity always followed it . I saw yours too , equally unhappy . These mournful but dear remembrances put my heart into such violent motion that I thought it was too much to offer comfort to a ...
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