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Meanings of precious manuscripts in English

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Usage of precious manuscripts in English
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You know that sometimes scholars have found some precious manuscripts in old monasteries.
Quiet Talks on John's Gospel
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Across his knees he held the box containing his precious manuscripts.
The Dreamer: A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar All...
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He booked his passage and sent his goods with all his precious manuscripts aboard.
The Book of Missionary Heroes
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This came at a real cost, as several actors drowned and precious manuscripts were lost in shipwrecks.
The Irish Times
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The desk was ripped apart by the lightning bolt and some of his precious manuscripts were burnt.
Young Hunters of the Lake; or, Out with Rod and Gun
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In the imposing National Library, full of precious manuscripts, is the museum of modern art-alsowithout a catalogue.
Promenades of an Impressionist
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He gave away his money and sold his clothes, his furniture and even his precious manuscripts, that he might relieve distress.
A Short History of Monks and Monasteries
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He had a habit of sending his friends surprise presents through the post of musical instruments, precious manuscripts, food parcels and money.
The house of wittgenstein: a family at war
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The libraries of the convents of the various countries have been ransacked by savants and precious manuscripts have been brought to light.
The Satyricon — Volume 07: Marchena Notes
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Night after night he carried the precious manuscripts to his chamber, bringing them back and restoring them to their places every morning.
Sant' Ilario
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For centuries the desert city of Timbuktu was the intellectual centre of the Islamic World and a home to thousands of precious manuscripts.
BBC
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But the nephew had moved the precious manuscripts in the library, and the pictures, even the piano, safely away before the Germans came.
A Russian Journal
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And although in their flight they had to leave goods and wealth behind, the came laden with precious manuscripts from the libraries of Constantinople.
English Literature for Boys and Girls
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There still remained the precious manuscripts, and it had been the wish of Lord Oxford that books so carefully collected might not be dispersed.
Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and li...
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Precious manuscripts were every day given to the flames and wantonly destroyed, seemingly for the mere pleasure of destruction.
The Irish Race in the Past and the Present
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"How aggravating." No matter how many rare books and precious manuscripts they'd relocated, I was absolutely sure Ashmole 782 was still here.
The Book of Life
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Precious manuscripts across language varieties
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