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That which vauntingly styles itself the écriture artiste must reap its reward promptly in praise from the précieuses ridicules of the hour.

From Inquiries and Opinions by Matthews, Brander

On s'en servait surtout pour vêtements et corsets, pour doublures de draps, de fourrures et d'autres étoffes de soie plus précieuses, enfin pour tenture d'appartements.'

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry

The précieuses in their later jargon called chairs "the indispensables of conversation."

From The House in Good Taste by Wolfe, Elsie de

But among the précieuses of the seventeenth century there was much more appreciation.

From Gossip in a Library by Gosse, Edmund

She was carefully brought up under Ménage and Rapin, among others, and was one of the most brilliant of the précieuses of the Hôtel Rambouillet.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George