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Civil War Love Letters: Which Ones Are Real, From Sullivan Ballou's Farewell to General Pickett's
Civil War love letters checked: Sullivan Ballou's full text and the doubts over it, plus Child, Chamberlain, Boatright and Pickett's likely fakes.
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Thanksgiving Love Quotes: 10 Lines of Thanks for the One You Love, Checked at the Source
Ten Thanksgiving love quotes for him or her, from Bradstreet, Austen, Gibran and Ruth 2:10, each checked at the source, with where to use it and who to.
Napoleon's Letters to Josephine: 10 Lines in French and English, Dated and Checked
Ten lines from Napoleon's letters to Josephine, 1795 to 1809, each dated, in French and English, plus the famous lines he never wrote, like "don't wash".
Sweet Love WordsLove Quotes for Cards: 8 Old Lines That Fit, Checked at the Source
8 love quotes for cards from Burns, Sidney, Shelley and Eliot, checked against the printed texts, with word counts, the card each suits and how to sign it.
Love Letters of Great Men: The Sex and the City Book, the Real Anthologies and 8 Letters Worth Reading
The Sex and the City book was a prop. Here are the 3 real anthologies compared, plus 8 great men's love letters, each dated, sourced and explained.
Richard Feynman's Letter to His Wife Arline (1946): What It Says and What the Retellings Get Wrong
Feynman's October 1946 letter to his late wife Arline: key lines in context, a timeline, two transcriptions compared and the sealed-envelope myth, sourced.
Long Distance Relationship Love Quotes: 10 Sourced Lines, and Who Was Really Apart
10 long distance relationship love quotes traced to the text, from Ovid, Pliny, Shakespeare and Donne, with who was apart and when to send each line.
Pride and Prejudice Love Quotes: 16 Lines From the Novel, Chapter by Chapter
16 Pride and Prejudice love quotes checked against Austen's 1813 text, with chapter and volume numbers, plus the famous lines that come from the 2005 film.
Beethoven's Immortal Beloved Letter: The Full Text, the German Original and the Search for Her
Beethoven's Immortal Beloved letter of July 1812 in full English, with his German, how it was dated, and the women named as the addressee, all sourced.
John Keats's Letters to Fanny Brawne: 16 Quotes, Dated and Read in Context
16 lines from Keats's letters to Fanny Brawne, each dated and checked against the 1878 first edition, with what was happening when he wrote them.
12 French Love Quotes, Translated Word for Word and Traced to the Book
Twelve French love quotes in the original, each with a literal English translation, the book or play it comes from, and the moment it suits best.
Misattributed Love Quotes: Who Really Wrote Them (16 Lines Traced to the Source)
Shakespeare never wrote "when I saw you I fell in love" and Monroe's "at my worst" has no source. 16 love quotes traced to the record, with links and better lines.
Sweet Love Words24 Short Love Quotes for Quiet Moments and Handwritten Letters
24 short, quiet love quotes from Austen, Dickinson, Shakespeare, Brontë and real love letters, each checked against its source, with where to use it.
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