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It should, I confess, be more or less 'fleuri', according to the subject; but at the same time I assert that there is no subject that may not properly, and which ought not to be adorned, by a certain elegance and beauty of style.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1753-54 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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It should, I confess, be more or less 'fleuri', according to the subject; but at the same time I assert that there is no subject that may not properly, and which ought not to be adorned, by a certain elegance and beauty of style.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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Son habitat fleuri arraché par un bulldozer, les petites fées des fleurs arrivent dans une chambre d'enfants où elles veulent s'échapper.
Barbie présente Lilipucia, 2009 | Happy Share Scott at 7:22 AM 2009
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The clerk found a white-on-white Egyptian cotton shirt with French cuffs to go with it, and buttery socks with little fleuri-de-lis worked into the pattern.
GINNY BATES ON HALLOWEEN Maggie Jochild 2007
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Sa tasse est cristalline, son parfum fleuri et doux, sa saveur fraîche et velouté.
IMBB? #17: TasteTea: Tea, Shoes and Sympathy @ Mariage Frères 2005
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It should, I confess, be more or less fleuri, according to the subject; but at the same time I assert that there is no subject that may not properly, and which ought not to be adorned, by a certain elegance and beauty of style.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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You judge very rightly that I love le style le r et fleuri.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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The carpet is a rich mulberry brown, day-bed a reproduction of an antique, painted in faded greens with _panier fleuri_ design on back, in lovely faded colours, taffeta cushions of sage green and an occasional note about the room of mulberry and dull blue.
The Art of Interior Decoration Grace Wood
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The owner wore it, her friends saw it, and gradually associated the _panier fleuri_ with her, which resulted in many beautiful specimens of this design being sought out for her by wanderers at home and abroad.
The Art of Interior Decoration Grace Wood
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In a New York home one room is devoted to a so-called _panier fleuri_ collection which in this case means that each article shows the design of a basket holding flowers or fruit.
The Art of Interior Decoration Grace Wood
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