precieux

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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

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)

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

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