affaire de coeur

Example Sentences

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It is a delicate matter, entre nous, une affaire de coeur.

From The History of Pendennis by Thackeray, William Makepeace

C’est une affaire de coeur, ees it not, mon ami?

From She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)

She has a promising affaire de coeur with a tenor called Dohme, Hungarian by birth, and, I should say, anything by nature.

From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)

I don't think, in the first case, that this was an affaire de coeur, as the Frenchmen say.

From The Drone A Play in Three Acts by Mayne, Rutherford

And amongst those who fought for the faith an affaire de coeur with a pretty pagan was held to be a sin as deadly as heresy or magic.

From First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir