Excerpt from Eloisa, or a Series of Original Letters, Vol. 1 Whoever may refolve to read thefe let ters ought to arm himfelf with patience againft faults of language, rulticity of Rile, and pedantry of expreflion; he ought to remember that the writers are neither natives of France, wits, academicians, nor philofophers; but that they are young and unexperienced inhabitants of a remote village, who miftake the romantic extra vagance of their own inlagination. For philofophy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.