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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... most , and in which he made the greatest Progrefs , was Logick . He had a very fubtle Wit , and was inceffantly whetting it by Difputes , out of a reftlefs Ambition to be a Mailer of his Weapons . So that in a fhort Time he gained the ...
... most , and in which he made the greatest Progrefs , was Logick . He had a very fubtle Wit , and was inceffantly whetting it by Difputes , out of a reftlefs Ambition to be a Mailer of his Weapons . So that in a fhort Time he gained the ...
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... most vio- lent Paffion that ever was ; that this Paffion conti- nued still ; and that he was ready to give both him and his Niece all the Satisfaction which this fort of Injury required . Will you marry her then ? faid Fulbert ...
... most vio- lent Paffion that ever was ; that this Paffion conti- nued still ; and that he was ready to give both him and his Niece all the Satisfaction which this fort of Injury required . Will you marry her then ? faid Fulbert ...
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... most splendid Marri- age could bring me . Thus Heloife argued , and ad- ded a great many more Reasons which I forbear to relate , left I should tire my Reader . It is enough for him to know , that they are chiefly grounded upon her ...
... most splendid Marri- age could bring me . Thus Heloife argued , and ad- ded a great many more Reasons which I forbear to relate , left I should tire my Reader . It is enough for him to know , that they are chiefly grounded upon her ...
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... most conformable to their own Ideas . It is often more advantageous that a Woman fhould leave her Lover free for Church - Dignities , than render him incapable of them by Marriage . But is it just therefore to fup- pofe , that Helo : fe ...
... most conformable to their own Ideas . It is often more advantageous that a Woman fhould leave her Lover free for Church - Dignities , than render him incapable of them by Marriage . But is it just therefore to fup- pofe , that Helo : fe ...
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... most private manner that could be , having no other Company but Fulbert , and two or three particular Friends . However , the Wedding quickly came to be known . The News of it was already whisper'd about ; People foon began to talk of ...
... most private manner that could be , having no other Company but Fulbert , and two or three particular Friends . However , the Wedding quickly came to be known . The News of it was already whisper'd about ; People foon began to talk of ...
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Abelard againſt Anſwer Argenteuil becauſe Britany Champeaux Charms Confequences Courſe dear Death Defign Defire Defpair Difcourfe eafy Efteem endeavour Enemies Eyes faid fame fear fecret feemed felf felves fenfible fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft fome foon ftill fuch fuffer fufficient Fulbert fure Glory Grace greateſt Grief Happineſs happy hath Heart Heaven Heloife Heloife's himſelf Holy Honour Houfe Houſe impoffible itſelf laft laſt leaft Learning leaſt lefs Letter loft Love Lover Mafter Marriage Misfortune Miſtreſs moft Monks moſt muft muſt myſelf Neceffity never Niece Number obferved Occafion ourſelves paffed Paffion Paraclete perfecuted Perfons perfuade Philintus Philofophy pleafe pleaſe Pleaſure poffible Pope Innocent II prefent Puniſhment raiſed Reaſon Refolution refolved reft Retirement ſay ſee Senfe ſhall ſhe Sifter Soul ſpeak ſuch Tears thee thefe themſelves theſe Thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand uſe Virtue Weakneſs whofe Wife World yourſelf
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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...