elegancy
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All her life she had been used to the elegancy that a wealthy parentage gave, and to which her husband had been, until within a few years, an entire stranger.
From Danger Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
The elegancy of which universum, though it cannot be rendered in our language; yet leaves an impression of the Wit on our souls.
From An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments by Professor Thomas Seccombe Arber
Lord Bacon, in his essay "Of Gardens," says, "When ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely; as if gardening were the greater perfection."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 by Various
His utterance was not exactly fraught with elegancy, but it expressed the feelings of all.
From The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers by Howard L. (Howard Livingston) Hastings
Wit, ingenuity, and learning in verse; even elegancy itself, though that comes nearest, are one thing.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
Speeches were always in order—the smooth elegancies of a Davis, the high-flown outpourings of a Harvey, the salty blasts of a Dawes.
From Time Magazine Archive
He consorted with English lords, rode to hounds, learned to love foppery and all the elegancies, became a past master of dancing, of gambling, polite drinking and exquisite flirtation.
From Time Magazine Archive
The thousands of little elegancies which Europe, Asia, and Africa had contributed to minister to the voluptuous splendors of the regal mansion, were speedily transferred to the knapsacks of the soldiers.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
"Your mistakes are better than other men's elegancies," said Elizabeth, heartily.
From A Noble Woman by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
The room was a mass of little luxuries—trifles too light and various to be describable, all the nameless elegancies of modern life, with its superfluities, its pretence of intellect, its discriminating taste.
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds
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