precieux

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According to Laur, La Production des Métaux précieux en Californie, 1862, 33, and the Journal des Economistes, Nov.

From Principles Of Political Economy by Lalor, John J. (John Joseph)

He was one of the last of the précieux, or rather he was the inventor of a new combination of literature and gallantry which at first exposed him to not a little satire.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

La rareté, le précieux du diamant nous en paraissent des qualités essentielles.

From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William

C'était, pour acquérir un droit si précieux; Que combattait partout mon bras ambitieux; Et dans Pharsale même il a tiré l'épée Plus pour le conserver que pour vaincre Pompée.

From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

Ceux qui admirent ses institutions et qui croient que leur pondération est la garantie du plus précieux de tous les biens—la liberté, se préoccupent vivement des tendances jacobines de notre ami Gladstone.

From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by Laughton, John Knox