The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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Page 6
... tell you , my dear friend , the particulars of my story , and leave you to judge whether I deserved so severe a correction . I had always an aversion for those light women whom ' tis a reproach to pursue ; I was ambitious in my choice ...
... tell you , my dear friend , the particulars of my story , and leave you to judge whether I deserved so severe a correction . I had always an aversion for those light women whom ' tis a reproach to pursue ; I was ambitious in my choice ...
Page 16
... telling her only that she did not know Heloise . A few days after we departed together from Brittany and came to Paris , where I completed my project . It was my intent my marriage should be kept secret , and therefore Heloise retired ...
... telling her only that she did not know Heloise . A few days after we departed together from Brittany and came to Paris , where I completed my project . It was my intent my marriage should be kept secret , and therefore Heloise retired ...
Page 24
... 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 penitence are not to be spared . And if you wait for an opportunity to write pleasant and agreeable things to us ...
... 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 penitence are not to be spared . And if you wait for an opportunity to write pleasant and agreeable things to us ...
Page 26
... tell me that you still love me ; but that language ought to be so natural to you , that I believe you cannot speak otherwise to me without violence to yourself . And since by this melancholy relation to your friend you have awakened all ...
... tell me that you still love me ; but that language ought to be so natural to you , that I believe you cannot speak otherwise to me without violence to yourself . And since by this melancholy relation to your friend you have awakened all ...
Page 33
... tell you , that notwithstanding my sex , I thought myself peculiarly happy in having a lover to whom I was obliged for my charms ; and took a secret pleasure in being admired by a man who , when he pleased , could raise his mistress to ...
... tell you , that notwithstanding my sex , I thought myself peculiarly happy in having a lover to whom I was obliged for my charms ; and took a secret pleasure in being admired by a man who , when he pleased , could raise his mistress to ...
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