The History of the Lives of Abeillard and Heloisa: Comprising a Period of Eighty-four Years from 1079 to 1163, Volume 2J. J. Tourneisen., 1793 |
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abbot abbot of Cluni Abeillard againſt alfo alſo amplius anſwer atque autem becauſe Bernard biſhop BOOK cafu Chrift chriftian church circumftances Cluni Cluniac defign Deum difpofitions Dominus effe ejus enemy enim etiam faid fame fays fcilicet feemed fhall fhould fhow ficut fifters firft firſt fome foon forrow ftill fubject fuch fuffered funt fuper hæc happineſs heaven Heloifa himſelf holy hujus impreffion inftructions ipfa ipfe ipfis ipfo itſelf laft leaſt lefs letter maſter mihi mind moft monks moſt muft muſt nihil nobis noftra nunc obfecro obferved occafion paffion Paraclet Peter Peter of Cluni Peter the venerable pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed praiſe prayer prefent prince of Antioch promiſed quæ quafi quam quia quibus quid quidem quod quoque raiſed reaſon requeſt Rome ſeems ſhe thefe theſe thofe thoſe tibi tuæ tuam tunc vero videlicet virtues whofe whoſe wifhed
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Page 47 - 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 152 - Abelard was not an uncommon man. " Nor was he uncommon in his moral character. He had not to thank nature for any great degree of sensibility, that source of pain and of pleasure, of virtue and of vice.
Page 50 - To founds of heav'nly harps fhe dies away, And melts in vifions of eternal day. Far other dreams my erring foul employ, Far other raptures, of unholy joy : When, at the clofe of each fad, forrowing day.
Page 151 - But he was to take the world as he found it, for he could not correct its vicious taste, nor, indeed, did he attempt it. On the contrary, the vicious taste of the age seemed to accord with the most prominent features of his mind. He loved controversy, was pleased with the sound of his own voice, and, in his most favourite researches, rather looked for quibbles and...
Page 235 - ... thus also I hoped the less to injure the splendid reputation you had acquired. This circumstance, on your own account, you did not quite forget to mention in the letter to your friend. You related also some of...
Page 153 - Heloise : but I have said that he never really loved her. More than other men, he was not free to command his affections : and from motives of religion, perhaps even of compassion, he wished in her breast to check that ardent flame, which burned to no other purpose than to render her heart miserable, and her life forlorn.
Page 239 - When you had resolved to quit the world, she says to him, I followed you; rather I ran before you. It seems, you had the image of the patriarch's wife before your eyes. You feared I might look back} and therefore before you could surrender your own liberty, I was to be devoted. In that one instance, I confess, your mistrust of me tore my heart. Abeillard, I blushed for you.
Page 228 - Indeed, you amply fulfilled the promises you there made to your friend, that, in comparison of your own, his misfortunes should appear as nothing, or as light as air. Having exposed the persecutions you had suffered from your masters, and the cruel deed of my uncle, you were naturally led to a recital of the hateful and invidious conduct of Albericus of Reims, and Lotulphus of Lombardy. By their suggestions, your admirable work on the Trinity was condemned to the flames, and yourself were thrown...
Page 152 - Therefore, did we not know how much his abilities were extolled by his contemporaries, what encomiums they gave to his pen, and how much the proudest disputants of the age feared the fire of his tongue, we certainly should be inclined to say, perusing his works, that Abelard was not an uncommon man ; nor was he uncommon in his moral character.
Page 234 - I quitted at once the habit of the world, and with it all the reluctance of my nature. I meant that you should be the sole possessor of whatever I had once a right to call my own. Heaven knows! in all my love it was you, and you only I sought for. I looked for no dowry, no alliances of marriage. I was even insensible to my own pleasures; nor had I a will to gratify. All was absorbed in you. I call Abelard to witness.