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

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

In this last he gave free rein to the morbid imaginations to which his unhappy affaire de coeur and the mental excitement of the period predisposed P. 63him.

From The Life of John Ruskin by Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)

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

Though, after all, I was not so sure about the last part, for I did not feel half satisfied concerning my affaire de coeur, and was strolling somewhat listlessly along, when Clara pinched my arm.

From A Fluttered Dovecote by Fenn, George Manville