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But I’d assumed that what she called her affaires des coeurs were realized in words, not action.

Fleur De Leigh’s Life of Crime Diane Leslie 1999

About this time also the pope found himselfe gréeued, for that his authoritie was but little estéemed in England, & for that no persons were permitted to appeale to Rome in cases of controuersie, and for that (without seeking to obteine his licence and consent) they did kéepe their synods & councels about ecclesiasticall affaires, neither would obeie such Legats as he did send, nor come to the conuocations which they held.

Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (3 of 12) Henrie I. Raphael Holinshed

Lionello, with a smiling countenance, began to describe his mistresse, the house and street where she dwelt, how he fell in love with her, and how he used the councell of this doctor, who in all his affaires was his secretarye.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

a knowing air, and as if, like a young rascal of a Lovelace, he had been engaged in what are called affaires de coeur, all his life;

The History of Pendennis 2006

Czechoslovak Embassy, where there are 12 refugees; the Czechoslovak charge d'affaires 'residence, where there are five refugees; and the Spanish Embassy, where there are three refugees; Castro said that forceful entry into embassies should not be permitted.

Castro Comments on Embassy Security, Soviet Aid 1990

Had he not recognized the face of the Chandalese from the charg6 d'affaires 'office, he might have assumed that the two guards were members of some savage tribe.

Anywhen Blish, James 1970

_ -- This being the day fixed for the American chargé d'affaires 'visit to the mosques, at nine o'clock our party sallied forth, and, on arriving opposite the Seraglio

Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 John Auldjo

On the 13th of July 1794 (25th Messidor, year II), the representatives of the people with the army of Italy ordered that General Bonaparte should proceed to Genoa, there, conjointly with the French 'charge d'affaires', to confer on certain subjects with the Genoese Government.

Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various

She was too young to listen understandingly to older women's adventures in sickness or domestic infelicity, and too dispirited to make any show of interest in the toilettes or "affaires" of the younger.

Little Citizens Myra Kelly 1893

Prince de la Bohème '(A Prince of Bohemia),' Esquisse d'homme d'affaires '(Sketch of a Business man),' Gaudissart II. '

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Charles Dudley Warner 1864