precieux

Example Sentences

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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)

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

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

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

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