Letters of Abelard and Heloise: To which is Prefix'd a Particular Account of Their Lives, Amours, and Misfortunes:James Rivington and J. Fletcher, P. Davey and B. Law, T. Lownds, and T. Caslon, 1760 - Abbesses, Christian - 186 pages |
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... Houfe , whom he educated with great Care and Affection . Some Writers fay * , that she was the good Man's natural Daugh- ter ; but that , to prevent a public Scandal , he gave out that he was his Nicce , by his Sifter , who upon her ...
... Houfe , whom he educated with great Care and Affection . Some Writers fay * , that she was the good Man's natural Daugh- ter ; but that , to prevent a public Scandal , he gave out that he was his Nicce , by his Sifter , who upon her ...
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... Houfe to Board in ; and if you could . find Room for me , faid he , in yours , I leave it to you to name the Terms . The good Man immediately confidering , that by this Means he should provide an able Master for his Niece , who inftead ...
... Houfe to Board in ; and if you could . find Room for me , faid he , in yours , I leave it to you to name the Terms . The good Man immediately confidering , that by this Means he should provide an able Master for his Niece , who inftead ...
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... Houfe the might be privately brought to Bed . But before they parted , he endeavour'd to comfort her , and make her eafy in this Distress , by giving her affurances of marriage . When Heloife heard this Propofal fhe peremptorily ...
... Houfe the might be privately brought to Bed . But before they parted , he endeavour'd to comfort her , and make her eafy in this Distress , by giving her affurances of marriage . When Heloife heard this Propofal fhe peremptorily ...
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... Houfe , and declared he would deliver up to the fecular Power a Person who had dar'd to reflect upon the Honour of the Kingdom and of the Crown . Abelard very rightly judging that that fuch Threatnings were not to be defpifed , fled 44 ...
... Houfe , and declared he would deliver up to the fecular Power a Person who had dar'd to reflect upon the Honour of the Kingdom and of the Crown . Abelard very rightly judging that that fuch Threatnings were not to be defpifed , fled 44 ...
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... Houfe had fallen into great Exceffes , and were very obnoxious to the Court , who would not fail to make their Profit of it : He therefore procured it should be reprefented to the Council , as very Disadvantageous to his Ma jefty's ...
... Houfe had fallen into great Exceffes , and were very obnoxious to the Court , who would not fail to make their Profit of it : He therefore procured it should be reprefented to the Council , as very Disadvantageous to his Ma jefty's ...
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Page 180 - 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 179 - Give all thou canst — and let me dream the rest. Ah no! instruct me other joys to prize, 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 179 - In these lone walls (their days eternal bound) These moss-grown domes with spiry turrets crown'd, Where awful arches make a noon-day night, And the dim windows shed a solemn light ; Thy eyes diffus'da reconciling ray, And gleams of glory brighten'd all the day. But now no face divine contentment wears, 'Tis all blank sadness, or continual tears. See how the force of others...
Page 180 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles, and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence., and a dread repose: Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 178 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Page 178 - And Saints with wonder heard the vows I made, Yet then, to those dread altars as I drew...
Page 184 - I watch'd the dying lamps around, From yonder shrine I heard a hollow sound :
Page 185 - Thou, Abelard! the last sad office pay, And smooth my passage to the realms of day; See my lips tremble, and my eyeballs roll, Suck my last breath, and catch my flying soul! Ah no — in sacred vestments mayst thou stand...
Page 180 - Ev'n here, where frozen chastity retires, Love finds an altar for forbidden fires. I ought to grieve, but cannot what I ought; I mourn the lover, not lament the fault; I view my crime, but kindle at the view...
Page 177 - How oft, when press'd to marriage, have I said, Curse on all laws but those which love has made! Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies...