Letters of Abelard and Heloise: To which is Prefix'd, a Particular Account of Their Lives, Amours, and Misfortunes, Extracted Chiefly from Monsieur Bayle. Translated from the French, by the Late Mr. John HughesJ. Watts, 1729 - 228 pages |
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... fhew'd a Simpli- city without Example ; but the Affection which he had for his Neice was fo blind , and Abelard had fo well established his Re- putation for Wisdom , that the Uncle ne- ver fcrupled in the least to truft them toge- ther ...
... fhew'd a Simpli- city without Example ; but the Affection which he had for his Neice was fo blind , and Abelard had fo well established his Re- putation for Wisdom , that the Uncle ne- ver fcrupled in the least to truft them toge- ther ...
Page 35
... d ; but ftill with an inconceivable Reluctance , which fhew'd that the yield- ed for no other Reafon , but the fear of difobliging him : 4 M. de la Bruyerė . ABE- ABELARD was willing to be near his Mistress till she Abelard and Heloife .
... d ; but ftill with an inconceivable Reluctance , which fhew'd that the yield- ed for no other Reafon , but the fear of difobliging him : 4 M. de la Bruyerė . ABE- ABELARD was willing to be near his Mistress till she Abelard and Heloife .
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... , he determined that it was bet- ter to fay nothing , and to fhew them by his Silence how unworthy he thought them of his Anger . Thus being rather enraged than than troubled at the Injuries he had fuffer- ed , 60 The HISTORY of.
... , he determined that it was bet- ter to fay nothing , and to fhew them by his Silence how unworthy he thought them of his Anger . Thus being rather enraged than than troubled at the Injuries he had fuffer- ed , 60 The HISTORY of.
Page 63
... fhew it any ways , and upon these Accounts made his Life fo bitter to him that he was upon the Point of leaving Christendom * . But his Unhappiness would not let him do a thing which might have procured his Ease ; but made him still ...
... fhew it any ways , and upon these Accounts made his Life fo bitter to him that he was upon the Point of leaving Christendom * . But his Unhappiness would not let him do a thing which might have procured his Ease ; but made him still ...
Page 88
... fhew Mankind a finish'd Com- pofition ; dear Heloife ! the reputed Neice of one Fulbert , a Canon . Her Wit and her Beauty would have fir'd the dulleft and moft infenfible Heart ; and her Education was equally admirable . Heloife was a ...
... fhew Mankind a finish'd Com- pofition ; dear Heloife ! the reputed Neice of one Fulbert , a Canon . Her Wit and her Beauty would have fir'd the dulleft and moft infenfible Heart ; and her Education was equally admirable . Heloife was a ...
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