Letter 1087: Every time I receive a letter from you, a kind of image of your actual presence appears before my eyes.
to Quotiens tua sumo conloquia, quaedam mibi ante oculos praesentiae tuae imago
versatur, atque ideo uberiorem capio voluptatem, quod et tui officii et mei meriti sen-
tio vigere momentum. sed ut promptior circa me huius muneris diligentia perseveret,
etiam ipse ouram deferendi sermonis adripui, frequenter expertus dilectum religiosi
animi incentivo vicissitudinis provocari.
15 LXXXV (LXXVIIII).
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