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Porcon partit, mais il ne fit qu'_à contre-coeur_ au roi les _propositions_ du dey, et il les aurait vues à regret _acceptées_.
French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann
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Mere constancy over time is not enough because “a fulfillment of on obligation contre-coeur is devoid of love and cannot be identified with fidelity” (Marcel
Gabriel (-Honoré) Marcel Treanor, Brian 2004
likeflannel commented on the word contre-coeur
against the wishes of the heart
August 13, 2009