The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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Page 36
... sinner , but one who , far from weeping for her sins , weeps only for her lover ; far from abhorring her crimes , longs only to add to them ; and who , with a weakness unbecoming my state , please myself are continually with the ...
... sinner , but one who , far from weeping for her sins , weeps only for her lover ; far from abhorring her crimes , longs only to add to them ; and who , with a weakness unbecoming my state , please myself are continually with the ...
Page 38
... drunk of the cup of sinners it is with such difficulty we accept the chalice of saints ? Or did you believe yourself to be more competent to teach vice than virtue , or me more ready to learn the first than the 38 LETTER II.
... drunk of the cup of sinners it is with such difficulty we accept the chalice of saints ? Or did you believe yourself to be more competent to teach vice than virtue , or me more ready to learn the first than the 38 LETTER II.
Page 49
... sinner , to God prostrate before my Judge , and with my face pressed to the earth I mix my tears with the earth . Can you see me in this posture and solicit me to love you ? Come , if you think fit , and in your holy habit thrust ...
... sinner , to God prostrate before my Judge , and with my face pressed to the earth I mix my tears with the earth . Can you see me in this posture and solicit me to love you ? Come , if you think fit , and in your holy habit thrust ...
Page 50
... sinners overflows with so enchanting a sweetness , and we are naturally so much inclined to taste it , that it needs only to be offered to us . On the other hand the chalice of saints is filled with a bitter draught and nature starts ...
... sinners overflows with so enchanting a sweetness , and we are naturally so much inclined to taste it , that it needs only to be offered to us . On the other hand the chalice of saints is filled with a bitter draught and nature starts ...
Page 74
... sinners . I began to dread the wrath of God now I was near experiencing it , and I repented that I had not better used the means of Grace . Those tender letters I wrote to you , those fond conversations I have had with you , give me as ...
... sinners . I began to dread the wrath of God now I was near experiencing it , and I repented that I had not better used the means of Grace . Those tender letters I wrote to you , those fond conversations I have had with you , give me as ...
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