The mere romance of it had carried him off his feet.

Many of the stories about him are evidently mere romance, and they often conflict.

Unquestionably, Fiction, when aspiring to something higher than mere romance, does not pervert, but elucidate Facts.

None but General Laurance and his son will dream that it is more than a mere romance.

It is not a mere romance that calls it a land of magic, or even of black magic.

The account of the affair of Monso in the spurious work bearing Tonty's name is mere romance.]

Oh, a mere romance!

There are meanings in marriage far beyond mere romance, far beyond the fate of the two individuals who make the contract.

If his account of Major Fraser is not mere romance, in that warrior we have the undying friend of Louis XV.

I hardly think that those who read the narrative will agree with Bishop Williams's opinion that it is "a mere romance."

"Do you really consider that as a mere romance?" asked Hortebise.