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Fiction · Romance

Eloisa 43Volume 1 · To Eloisa

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Fiction · Romance

Eloisa 43

Volume 1 · To Eloisa

KenrickEnglish
I have received your letter, and shall set out this instant. This is all the answer I shall make. O Eloisa! how could you cruelly suppose me possessed of such a selfish unfeeling heart? But you command, and shall be obeyed. I would rather die a thousand times, than forfeit your esteem.
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Kenrick — Eloisa (Jean-Jacques Rousseau, translated by W. Kenrick) (author lived 1712–1778). Public Domain. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, translated by W. Kenrick, Eloisa; public domain in the US; text from Project Gutenberg #76639. Source