The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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Page 8
... soul . And she , on the other side , gave me ground to hope for everything from her generosity . Fulbert desired me to instruct her in philosophy ; by this means I found opportunities of being in private with her , and yet I was surely ...
... soul . And she , on the other side , gave me ground to hope for everything from her generosity . Fulbert desired me to instruct her in philosophy ; by this means I found opportunities of being in private with her , and yet I was surely ...
Page 10
... soul when I was obliged to leave the Canon's house and my dear Heloise . But this separation of our persons the more firmly united our minds ; and the desperate condition we were reduced to made us capable of attempting anything . My ...
... soul when I was obliged to leave the Canon's house and my dear Heloise . But this separation of our persons the more firmly united our minds ; and the desperate condition we were reduced to made us capable of attempting anything . My ...
Page 11
... soul in him would not have borne any ignominy on the same conditions ? The next day I provided myself with a private lodging near the loved house , being resolved not to abandon my prey . I abode some time without appearing publicly ...
... soul in him would not have borne any ignominy on the same conditions ? The next day I provided myself with a private lodging near the loved house , being resolved not to abandon my prey . I abode some time without appearing publicly ...
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... soul's joy - my Heloise ! I shall not transcribe our transports , they were not long , for the first news Heloise acquainted me with plunged me into a thousand distractions . A floating Delos was to be sought for , where she might be ...
... soul's joy - my Heloise ! I shall not transcribe our transports , they were not long , for the first news Heloise acquainted me with plunged me into a thousand distractions . A floating Delos was to be sought for , where she might be ...
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... souls ; they can speak ; they have in them all that force which expresses the transports of the heart ; they have all the fire of our passions , they can raise them as much as if the persons them- selves were present ; they have all the ...
... souls ; they can speak ; they have in them all that force which expresses the transports of the heart ; they have all the fire of our passions , they can raise them as much as if the persons them- selves were present ; they have all the ...
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