precieux

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Un talent plus precieux sans doute et qu'il avait port� au plus haut degr� c'etait celui de faire sentir tout le charme des beaux vers sans nuire jamais a la verit� de l'expression.

From Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. by Alison, Archibald, Sir

Verse encore——je vois l’allegresse Nager sur le jus precieux.

From Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness by Samber, Robert

He writes plays of incomparable depth and breadth, touching every chord of humour, tragedy and pathos; certain rather elaborate poems of a precieux type, and strange sonnets, revealing a singular poignancy of unconventional feelings.

From The Upton Letters by Benson, Arthur Christopher

It had its bibliomaniacs, its collectors, its precieux.

From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

He was indeed no stylist: least of all a precieux.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)