Love ceases to be a Pleasure, when it ceases to be a Secret.

Aphra Behn

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Secret love Love

Author

Aphra Behn

Source

Four o'Clock General Conversation The Lover's Watch

Language

English

Time

1686 1680s 17th century

Occupation

Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Behn, Aphra. La Montre, or The Lover's Watch. London: W. Canning, 1686.

Current Citation

Behn, Aphra. "La Montre, or The Lover's Watch." The Works of Aphra Behn: Seneca Unmask'd and Other Prose Translated. Vol. 4, Routledge, 2018.

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Current Citation

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Love to faults is always blind,
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Medium
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Language
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Current Citation

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