1 Each of them gave twenty sequins to King Theodore to buy him clothes and linen; and Candide made him a present of a diamond worth two thousand sequins.
2 Instantly Candide sent for a Jew, to whom he sold for fifty thousand sequins a diamond worth a hundred thousand, though the fellow swore to him by Abraham that he could give him no more.
3 No decay is possible to the diamond.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII—WHAT HE BELIEVED 4 Every time I see you is a fresh diamond which I enclose in the casket of my heart.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 12 GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM 5 He will wear on his doublet twelve diamond studs; get as near to him as you can, and cut off two.
6 It was the second time the cardinal had mentioned these diamond studs to the king.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 17 BONACIEUX AT HOME 7 I wish, in order to honor our worthy aldermen, you should appear in ceremonial costume, and above all, ornamented with the diamond studs which I gave you on your birthday.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 17 BONACIEUX AT HOME 8 On the altar, and beneath the portrait, was the casket containing the diamond studs.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 21 THE COUNTESS DE WINTER 9 His eyes were fixed upon those of the queen, and a smile of terrible joy passed over his lips; the queen did not wear her diamond studs.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 22 THE BALLET OF LA MERLAISON 10 The king opened it, and found in it two diamond studs.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 22 THE BALLET OF LA MERLAISON 11 She wore a beaver hat with blue feathers, a surtout of gray-pearl velvet, fastened with diamond clasps, and a petticoat of blue satin, embroidered with silver.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 22 THE BALLET OF LA MERLAISON 12 On her left shoulder sparkled the diamond studs, on a bow of the same color as the plumes and the petticoat.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 22 THE BALLET OF LA MERLAISON 13 "No; but thanks to this diamond," replied the young man.
14 Well, then, off to the nearest goldsmith's, and sell that diamond for the highest price you can get from him.
15 I mentioned your diamond then to my adversary, who had likewise remarked it.