elegancies
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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
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
But a similar internal gift must direct the skill of every fancy-artist who subserves the luxuries and elegancies of life.
From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Jones, Edmund David
She would even exchange all the elegancies and luxuries of life to feed on love and roses!
From Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
In general, however, the tastes of the people were improving, and with the freedom of the newspaper press, and the spread of general literature, there came a desire for many elegancies and refinements hitherto disregarded.
From Dickens' London by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
