precieux

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Catalogue des Livres rares et precieux de feu M. Gouttarde par Guillaume de Bure fils a�n�.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

It had its bibliomaniacs, its collectors, its precieux.

From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

Les bas sont cultiv�s de toute sorte de mani�re suivant leur exposition; les sommets sont couverts de pelouses, qui forment les p�turages les plus precieux.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) by Hutton, James

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

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)