Letters of Abelard and Heloise. To which is prefix'd, A particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes, extr. chiefly from [the Dictionnaire of] m. Bayle, tr. [by J. Hughes]. By J. Hughes. Together with the poem of Eloisa to Abelard, by mr. Pope, and the poem of Abelard to Eloisa, by mrs. Madan |
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... myself , therefore , that I fhall not offend my reader , if I make fome few re- marks upon it . It often happens , that the paffion of love stiffes or over - rules the rebukes of confcience ; but it is unusual for it to extinguish the ...
... myself , therefore , that I fhall not offend my reader , if I make fome few re- marks upon it . It often happens , that the paffion of love stiffes or over - rules the rebukes of confcience ; but it is unusual for it to extinguish the ...
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... myself under the direction of one Champeaux a profeffor , who had acquired the character of the most skilful philofopher of his age , by negative excellencies only , by being the leaft ignorant . He received me with great demon ...
... myself under the direction of one Champeaux a profeffor , who had acquired the character of the most skilful philofopher of his age , by negative excellencies only , by being the leaft ignorant . He received me with great demon ...
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... myself for fome years . I leave you to imagine whether my absence was not regretted by the better fort . At length I re- covered my health , when I received news that my greatest adverfary had taken the habit of a monk . You may think ...
... myself for fome years . I leave you to imagine whether my absence was not regretted by the better fort . At length I re- covered my health , when I received news that my greatest adverfary had taken the habit of a monk . You may think ...
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... myself fafe in the harbour ; the ftorms were paffed , and the rage of my enemies had fpeut itfelf without effect . Happy , had I known to make a right ufe of this calm ! But when the mind is moft eafy , it is most exposed to love , and ...
... myself fafe in the harbour ; the ftorms were paffed , and the rage of my enemies had fpeut itfelf without effect . Happy , had I known to make a right ufe of this calm ! But when the mind is moft eafy , it is most exposed to love , and ...
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... myself already with the most bewitching hopes . My reputation had fpread itself every where ; and could a virtuous lady refift a man that had confounded all the learned of the age ? I was young ; -could she show an infenfibility to ...
... myself already with the most bewitching hopes . My reputation had fpread itself every where ; and could a virtuous lady refift a man that had confounded all the learned of the age ? I was young ; -could she show an infenfibility to ...
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Page 124 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Page 126 - The darksome pines, that o'er yon rocks reclin'd, Wave high, and murmur to the hollow wind, The wandering streams that shine between the hills, The grots that echo to the tinkling rills, The dying gales that pant upon the trees, The lakes that quiver to the curling breeze...
Page 124 - Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies...
Page 125 - With other beauties charm my partial eyes, Full in my view set all the bright abode, And make my soul quit Abelard for God.
Page 123 - Yet write, oh write me all, that I may join. Griefs to thy griefs, and echo sighs to thine. Nor foes nor fortune take this power away; And is my Abelard less kind than they?
Page 130 - Ah come not, write not, think not once of me, Nor share one pang of all I felt for thee. Thy oaths I quit, thy memory resign; Forget, renounce me, hate whate'er was mine. Fair eyes, and tempting looks (which yet I view!) Long lov'd, ador'd ideas!
Page 123 - Nor prayers nor fasts its stubborn pulse restrain, Nor tears for ages taught to flow in vain. Soon as thy letters trembling I unclose, That well-known name awakens all my woes.
Page 131 - O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads, And drink the falling tears each other sheds; Then sadly say, with mutual pity mov'd, 'Oh may we never love as these have lov'd!
Page 124 - em all : Not Casfar's emprefs would I deign to prove ; No, make me miftrefs to the man I love. If there be yet another name more free, More fond than...
Page 128 - The phantom flies me, as unkind as you. I call aloud; it hears not what I say; I stretch my empty arms; it glides away: To dream once more I close my willing eyes; Ye soft illusions, dear deceits, arise ! 240 Alas no more ! — methinks we wandring go Thro...