The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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... received me with great demon- strations of kindness , but I was not so happy as to please him long ; for I was too knowing in the subjects he discoursed upon , and I often confuted his notions . Frequently in our disputations I pushed a ...
... received me with great demon- strations of kindness , but I was not so happy as to please him long ; for I was too knowing in the subjects he discoursed upon , and I often confuted his notions . Frequently in our disputations I pushed a ...
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... received news that my greatest adversary had taken the habit of a monk ; you may think it was an act of penitence for having persecuted me ; quite the contrary , ' twas ambi- tion ; he resolved to raise himself to some church dignity ...
... received news that my greatest adversary had taken the habit of a monk ; you may think it was an act of penitence for having persecuted me ; quite the contrary , ' twas ambi- tion ; he resolved to raise himself to some church dignity ...
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... received and the scandalous debaucheries of the monks obliged me to banish myself , and retire near to Nogent . I lived in a desert where I flattered myself I should avoid fame and be secure from the malice of my enemies . I was again ...
... received and the scandalous debaucheries of the monks obliged me to banish myself , and retire near to Nogent . I lived in a desert where I flattered myself I should avoid fame and be secure from the malice of my enemies . I was again ...
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... received from you with great impatience in spite of all my misfortunes I hoped to find nothing in it besides arguments of comfort . But how ingenious are lovers in tormenting them- selves . Judge of the exquisite sensibility and force ...
... received from you with great impatience in spite of all my misfortunes I hoped to find nothing in it besides arguments of comfort . But how ingenious are lovers in tormenting them- selves . Judge of the exquisite sensibility and force ...
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... received leave no room for others , unless thou desirest to kill me . Or dost thou fear amidst the numerous torments heaped on me , dost thou fear that such a final stroke would deliver me from all other ills ? Therefore thou preservest ...
... received leave no room for others , unless thou desirest to kill me . Or dost thou fear amidst the numerous torments heaped on me , dost thou fear that such a final stroke would deliver me from all other ills ? Therefore thou preservest ...
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