The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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Page 17
... thee this doom , and I the guilty cause ! Then whilst thou goest th ' extremes of fate to prove , I'll share that fate and expiate thus my love . ' Speaking these verses she marched up to the altar and took the veil with a constancy ...
... thee this doom , and I the guilty cause ! Then whilst thou goest th ' extremes of fate to prove , I'll share that fate and expiate thus my love . ' Speaking these verses she marched up to the altar and took the veil with a constancy ...
Page 58
... Thee . To love Heloise truly is to leave her to that quiet which retirement and virtue afford . I have resolved it : this letter shall be my last fault . Adieu . If I die here I will give orders that my divided body be carried to the ...
... Thee . To love Heloise truly is to leave her to that quiet which retirement and virtue afford . I have resolved it : this letter shall be my last fault . Adieu . If I die here I will give orders that my divided body be carried to the ...
Page 65
... thee , permit not thyself to be overcome by a corrupt inclination ; reject the poison she offers , and follow not the paths she directs . Her house is the gate of destruction and death . ' I have long examined things , and have found ...
... thee , permit not thyself to be overcome by a corrupt inclination ; reject the poison she offers , and follow not the paths she directs . Her house is the gate of destruction and death . ' I have long examined things , and have found ...
Page 73
... thee . celebrity and merit of that man who , in spite of his enemies , is the wonder of the age ! enchanting pleasures to which Heloise resigned herself you , you have been my tormentors ! I confess my inconstancy , Abelard , without a ...
... thee . celebrity and merit of that man who , in spite of his enemies , is the wonder of the age ! enchanting pleasures to which Heloise resigned herself you , you have been my tormentors ! I confess my inconstancy , Abelard , without a ...
Page 75
... thee , consider with terror the store of torments , and recollect , at the same time , those pleasures which thy deluded soul thought so entrancing . Ah ! dost thou not despair for having rioted in such false pleasures ? ' In short ...
... thee , consider with terror the store of torments , and recollect , at the same time , those pleasures which thy deluded soul thought so entrancing . Ah ! dost thou not despair for having rioted in such false pleasures ? ' In short ...
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