The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 40
Page 1
... tears ? I laid before you all the reasons philosophy could fur- nish , which I thought might anyways soften the strokes of fortune . But all these endeavours have proved useless ; grief , I perceive , has wholly seized your spirits ...
... tears ? I laid before you all the reasons philosophy could fur- nish , which I thought might anyways soften the strokes of fortune . But all these endeavours have proved useless ; grief , I perceive , has wholly seized your spirits ...
Page 22
... you did them the honour to be called their brother ! This history of our numerous misfortunes , related in so true and moving a manner , made my heart bleed within me My tears , which I could not refrain , have 22 LETTER II.
... you did them the honour to be called their brother ! This history of our numerous misfortunes , related in so true and moving a manner , made my heart bleed within me My tears , which I could not refrain , have 22 LETTER II.
Page 23
... tears ? Shall the dear name never be spoken but with 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 ...
... tears ? Shall the dear name never be spoken but with 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 ...
Page 24
... tears ; the tears of women shut up in a melan- choly place and devoted to penitence are not to be spared . And if you wait for an opportunity to write pleasant and agreeable things to us , you will delay writing too long . Prosperity ...
... tears ; the tears of women shut up in a melan- choly place and devoted to penitence are not to be spared . And if you wait for an opportunity to write pleasant and agreeable things to us , you will delay writing too long . Prosperity ...
Page 29
... tears and words . If I have put myself into a cloister with reason , persuade me to stay in it with devotion . You have been the occasion of all my misfortunes , you therefore must be the instrument of all my comfort . You cannot but ...
... tears and words . If I have put myself into a cloister with reason , persuade me to stay in it with devotion . You have been the occasion of all my misfortunes , you therefore must be the instrument of all my comfort . You cannot but ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abbot of Cluni Abelard and Heloise affliction altar Argenteuil Aristotle beauty Brittany buried myself alive Champeaux charms cloister Cluny comfort confess conquer Council of Sens Council of Soissons crime cruel dear Abelard death delight desire divine duty Eloïsa endeavour enemies envy esteem ev'ry eyes fatal father fear flatter forget Fulbert give glory grace grief guilty happy hear heart Heaven Heloise holy honour husband imagination innocent joys learning letters live Lord lover marriage master memory mind miserable misfortunes mistress never occasion ourselves pain Paraclete Paris passion penitence Père Lachaise persuaded Peter Abelard Philintus piety pity pleasure prayers punishment reason religion renounce repentance reproach retirement saints salvation sensible shame sighs silence sincere sister sorrows soul suffer tears tell temptations tender Tertullian thee thou thought tion torments trembling trouble unhappy Villenave virtue vows weakness weep woman wretched write