The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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... sigh , I weep , I pine , I speak the dear name of Heloise , and delight to hear the sound ! I complain of the severity of Heaven ; but oh ! let us not deceive ourselves , I a monas- I am Love still have not yet made a right ABELARD TO ...
... sigh , I weep , I pine , I speak the dear name of Heloise , and delight to hear the sound ! I complain of the severity of Heaven ; but oh ! let us not deceive ourselves , I a monas- I am Love still have not yet made a right ABELARD TO ...
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... sighs ? Observe , I beseech you , to what a wretched condition you have reduced me ; sad , afflicted , without any possible comfort unless it proceed from you . Be not then unkind , nor deny me , I beg of you , that little relief which ...
... sighs ? Observe , I beseech you , to what a wretched condition you have reduced me ; sad , afflicted , without any possible comfort unless it proceed from you . Be not then unkind , nor deny me , I beg of you , that little relief which ...
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... sighs with yours I may make your sufferings less , for it is said that all sorrows divided are made lighter . Tell me not by way of excuse you will spare me tears ; the tears of women shut up in a melan- choly place and devoted to ...
... sighs with yours I may make your sufferings less , for it is said that all sorrows divided are made lighter . Tell me not by way of excuse you will spare me tears ; the tears of women shut up in a melan- choly place and devoted to ...
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... sighs , and be a witness of all my sorrows without incurring any danger , since you can only relieve me with tears and words . If I have put myself into a cloister with reason , persuade me to stay in it with devotion . You have been ...
... sighs , and be a witness of all my sorrows without incurring any danger , since you can only relieve me with tears and words . If I have put myself into a cloister with reason , persuade me to stay in it with devotion . You have been ...
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... sighs declare their passion for you when , after some common visit you had made them , they chanced to be complimented for the Sylvia of your poems . Others in despair and envy have reproached me that I had no charms but what your wit ...
... sighs declare their passion for you when , after some common visit you had made them , they chanced to be complimented for the Sylvia of your poems . Others in despair and envy have reproached me that I had no charms but what your wit ...
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