The History of the Lives of Abeillard and Heloisa; Comprising a Period of Eighty-Four Years From 1079-1163 With Their Genuine Letters From the Collection of Abmoise - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1787. Excerpt: ... IN ENGLISH. '. Here Under the same stone repose Peter Abeillard, the founder, And Heloisa, the first abbess, Of this monastery. Alike in dispositions and in love, They were once united in the same pursuits, The same satal marriage, and the same repentance And now, in eternal happiness, We trust, they are not divided. Peter Abeillard died the twenty-first of April, 1142 And Heloisa the seventeenth of May, 1163. THE END. THE LETTERS O F ABEILLARD and HELOISA. I BIRMINGHAM: PRINTED BY M. SWINNEY; FOR G. G. J. AND J. ROBINSON, IN P A T E R-N O S T E R-R O W, AND R. FAULDER, NEW BOND-STREET, LONDON, THE LETTERS O F ABEILLARDandHELOISA. The letter of Abeillard to his friend-, which gave occasion to the following correspondence, should properly have a place here: But, as the whole substance of it is contained in the foregoing hijlory, and it is besides extremely long, I take the liberty to omit it. They who have read the hi/lory, will not want it; and they who have not--would be little disposed to read the tedious memoirs from which it is taken. LETTER I. HELOISA To ABEILLARD. A LETTER of consolation you had written to a friend, my dearest Abeillard, was lately, as by chance, put into my hands. The superscription, in a moment, told me from whom it came; and the sentiments I felt for the writer, compelled me to read it more eagerly. I had lost the reality:, I hoped EPISTOLA I. HELOISÆ ABÆLARDO. Domino Juo, imo Patri; Ccnjugi suo, imo Fratri, Ancilla sua, imoFilia; tpjius Uxor, imo Soror; Abalardo Heloisa. MI S S AM ad Amicum pro consolatione Epistolam, dilectissime, vestramad me forte quidam nuper attulit. Quam ex ipsa statim tituli fronte vestram elfe considerans, tanto ardentius eam cœpi legere, quanto Scriptorem ipsum charms amplector: ut cujus ...