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La Peinture ne lui est elle pas redevable aussi de cette vive ecarlate, qui, trouvée par le chimiste Drebbel rapporta des sommes immenses à son gendre, et plus recemment encore, de ce beau verd de Saxe, qui est une vrai tresor pour les possesseurs de ce secret.
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Her upper garment was a long mantle of black velvet lined with ermine, which, opening in front, fell over the arms of her throne, and discovered a dress of crimson cloth of Bruges of that beautiful sort called _ecarlate_.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 564, September 1, 1832 Various
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"J'ai vu chez vous," he said, "le lys argente et la rose blanche, mais vous etes la rose ecarlate, la rose d'amour dont le parfum vivra dans mon coeur comme un poison dore (and here he hummed in a sing-song): --
Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches Maurice Baring 1909
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