'A very valuable paper.'
"'Valuable!' howls her dad. 'VALUABLE! Why, if Gordon and his gang get that paper, they've got ME, that's all. Their suit's as good as won, and I know it. And to think that I've kept it safe up to within a month of the trial, and now--Grace Sterzer, you stop pattin' my head. I'm no pussy-cat! By the--' And so on, indefinite. "When he called his daughter Sterzer, instead of Robinson, I cal'lated he was loony, sure enough.英文原著 · 《The Depot Master》
Some of the most valuable criticism of Browning's Poetry has been produced and published by The Browning Society of London, founded in 1881 by Dr. Furnivall, and still in active operation. Furnivall's `Bibliography of Robert Browning', occupying Part I. of `The Browning Society's Papers', and continued in Part II., is a storehouse of valuable information, of all kinds, pertaining to Browning's Poetry, and to Browning the man. Every Browning student should possess a copy of it. The following papers, among others, have been published by the Society: --英文原著 · 《Introduction to Robert Browning》
We cannot afford to leave detachments, and I shall therefore destroy this valuable arsenal, so the enemy shall not have its use; and the United, States should never again confide such valuable property to a people who have betrayed a trust.英文原著 · 《Memoirs of General William T. Sherman-2》
The most valuable "Horae" are those written in England. Some are of the English use (Sarum or York, or whatever it may happen to be), but were written abroad, especially in Normandy, for the English market. These are also valuable, even when imperfect. Look for the page before the commencement of the Hours (No. 4 in the list above), and at the end will be found a line in red,--"Incipit Horae secundum usum Sarum," or otherwise, as the case may be.英文原著 · 《The Library》
and so on for endless couplets. Then, had he not celebrated in immortal verse his love for Miss Egerton, untimely drowned in the waters of the Boyne? But now, as became the Constable of Paramatta, he chose the sterner medium, and followed up his `Voyage to New South Wales' with several exceeding trite and valuable histories.英文原著 · 《A Book of Scoundrels》
The sovereigns of Beejanuggur and every country observing a respect to his great abilities, frequently honoured him with letters and valuable presents. His household servants ... amounted to 250. He had sixty of the largest elephants and 150 of a smaller size. In his stables he had 400 horses of Arabia and Persia, exclusive of those-of mixed breed foaled in India. His treasures and riches were beyond amount," &c. [283] -- Firishtah's story of Asada Khan's life is contained in Scott's edition. 236 -- 278; Briggs, iii.英文原著 · 《A Forgotten Empire-Vijayanagar》
That is valuable to me, and I've already told Garrett that it could be valuable to him... somebody at his side with one foot in the executive branch and one in the legislative.美剧 · 《House of Cards》
She's valuable to Linda, which makes her valuable to the administration.美剧 · 《House of Cards》
But he's clearly valuable to Beijing, which makes him valuable to us.美剧 · 《House of Cards》