"That's true," cried Madame de Connal, starting up-"I had forgot it-so am I this fortnight-I may as well go to the opera, too, and I can carry you to Madame de la Tour's-I owe her a five minutes' sitting-though she is un peu Precieuse.
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Maria Edgeworth
It's a different kind from the Precieuse.
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George Meredith
She is not a Precieuse.
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