The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseJ. M. Dent and Company, 1908 - 132 pages |
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... wishes were success- ful and he obtained a bishopric ; yet did he not quit Paris and the care of his schools : he went to his diocese to gather in his revenues , but returned and passed the rest of his time in reading lectures to those ...
... wishes were success- ful and he obtained a bishopric ; yet did he not quit Paris and the care of his schools : he went to his diocese to gather in his revenues , but returned and passed the rest of his time in reading lectures to those ...
Page 8
... is an offence ? — ' ' No , ' replied Heloise , she must be very ignorant of your merit who can be offended at your passion . But for my own repose I wish either that you had not made this declaration , or that I 8 LETTER I.
... is an offence ? — ' ' No , ' replied Heloise , she must be very ignorant of your merit who can be offended at your passion . But for my own repose I wish either that you had not made this declaration , or that I 8 LETTER I.
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... wish to see it again . Ah , Philintus ! does not the love for Heloise yet burn in my heart ! I have not yet triumphed over that unhappy passion . In the midst of my retirement I sigh , I weep , I pine , I speak the dear name of Heloise ...
... wish to see it again . Ah , Philintus ! does not the love for Heloise yet burn in my heart ! I have not yet triumphed over that unhappy passion . In the midst of my retirement I sigh , I weep , I pine , I speak the dear name of Heloise ...
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... wish they had effaced the 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 ...
... wish they had effaced the 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 ...
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... wish for , extinguished your desires ? Wretched Heloise ! you could please when you wished to avoid it ; you merited incense when you could remove to a distance the hand that offered it : but since your heart has been softened and has ...
... wish for , extinguished your desires ? Wretched Heloise ! you could please when you wished to avoid it ; you merited incense when you could remove to a distance the hand that offered it : but since your heart has been softened and has ...
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