The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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Page 19
... weep , I pine , I speak the dear name of Heloise , and delight to hear the sound ! I complain of the severity of Heaven ; but oh ! let us not deceive ourselves , I a monas- I am Love still have not yet made a right ABELARD TO PHILINTUS 19.
... weep , I pine , I speak the dear name of Heloise , and delight to hear the sound ! I complain of the severity of Heaven ; but oh ! let us not deceive ourselves , I a monas- I am Love still have not yet made a right ABELARD TO PHILINTUS 19.
Page 23
... weeps whole , and that I had returned it to you in that condition ; I should then have been satisfied with the little time I kept it ; but it was demanded of me too soon . I must confess I was much easier in my mind before I read your ...
... weeps whole , and that I had returned it to you in that condition ; I should then have been satisfied with the little time I kept it ; but it was demanded of me too soon . I must confess I was much easier in my mind before I read your ...
Page 36
... 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 remembrance of past delights But when ...
... 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 remembrance of past delights But when ...
Page 47
... weeping for a beloved object . It is difficult in our sorrow to distinguish penitence from love . The memory of the crime and the memory of the object which has charmed us are too nearly related to be immedi- ately separated . And the ...
... weeping for a beloved object . It is difficult in our sorrow to distinguish penitence from love . The memory of the crime and the memory of the object which has charmed us are too nearly related to be immedi- ately separated . And the ...
Page 56
... weep . If in these feeble beginnings , O Lord , our hearts are not entirely Thine , let them at least feel that they ought to be so . Deliver yourself , Heloise , from the shameful remains of a passion which has taken too deep root ...
... weep . If in these feeble beginnings , O Lord , our hearts are not entirely Thine , let them at least feel that they ought to be so . Deliver yourself , Heloise , from the shameful remains of a passion which has taken too deep root ...
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