Heloise
[heləwi:z]
Definition
(noun.) student and mistress and wife of Abelard (circa 1098-1164).
Typed by Aileen--From WordNet
Examples
- He saw Heloise, and was captivated by her blooming youth, her beauty, and her charming disposition. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Heloise entered a convent and gave good-bye to the world and its pleasures for all time. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Heloise and I, under pretext of study, gave ourselves up wholly to love, and the solitude that love seeks our studies procured for us. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Abelard returned secretly and carried Heloise away to Palais, in Brittany, his native country. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Suffice it, then, that Heloise lived with her uncle the howitzer and was happy. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Heloise denied it! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The girl's flight enraged Fulbert, and he longed for vengeance, but feared to strike lest retaliation visit Heloise--for he still loved her tenderly. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- STORY OF ABELARD AND HELOISE Heloise was born seven hundred and sixty-six years ago. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They had been talking of Bonnivard, as they glided past Chillon, and of Rousseau, as they looked up at Clarens, where he wrote his Heloise. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It was noble, self-sacrificing love, and characteristic of the pure-souled Heloise, but it was not good sense. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Yet who really knows the story of Abelard and Heloise? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Such is the story of Abelard and Heloise. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In heaven she will probably sit between the Heloises and the Cleopatras. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Typist: Psyche