Treasured

Examples

• How he treasured these papers! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I picked up one, of several that were rolling about, and treasured it as a keepsake for a long time. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Elinor joyfully treasured her words as she answered, If you could be assured of that, you think you should be easy. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• How I treasured up the entries, of which I subjoin a sample--! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Am I a friend to be treasured in the best corner of your heart, or am I not? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I never thought it would go where it could tell tales, said Jo, tearing up the verses the Professor had treasured so long. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She had not confided in me; I could not demand an explanation from Raymond without the hazard of betraying what was perhaps her most treasured secret. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The child treasured her drawing, carried it about with her, and showed it, with a silent embarrassment, to everybody. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• But the wrongs society has heaped upon me are treasured in this breast. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• There was nobody to look at her now, and nobody for her to look at, so she went in at once to search for the treasured shadow. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Now in America that interesting tree would be chopped down or forgotten within the next five years, but it will be treasured here. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The original _Periplus_ of Hanno hung in one temple in Carthage, skins of his gorillas were hung and treasured in another. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A rare experience and one to be treasured forever. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• No, not forgotten, retorted Estella,--not forgotten, but treasured up in my memory. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• It's treasured up, my darling, treasured up. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Sure was I of His efficiency to save what He had made: convinced I grew that neither earth should perish, nor one of the souls it treasured. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• A fan, a glove, glasses--who knows what article may be carried as a token or treasured when a man puts an end to his life? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The recollection of them, he said, would go with him wherever he went and would be always treasured. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He was away sixteen years, he returned in 645, and he wrote an account of his travels which is treasured as a Chinese classic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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