precieux

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Madame ma Sœur,—C'est avec une profonde indignation que je viens d'apprendre l'horrible attentat qui a menacé les précieux jours de votre Majesté.

From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 by Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, Viscount

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

From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William

Trésor de Livres rares et précieux ou Nouveau Dictionnaire Bibliographique.

From How to Form a Library, 2nd ed by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin

It is a very worthy book in every respect which, as M. Græsse says in Trésor des livres rares et précieux, may be included in the collection of the Variorum.

From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers

About our author, however, we know that his experience has been long, and of the best, that he does not speak from a hasty acquaintance with a few contemporary précieux and précieuses.

From On the Sublime by Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord)