choiceness

Example Sentences

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The invitation was accepted, and the two sat down to a most sumptuous repast, the delicacy of the viands being only surpassed by the choiceness of the wine.

From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by Somerville, H. G.

The words chosen do not merely render the subject with fluency and fitness; they attain a choiceness and exaltation of expression, which give to the writing much of the character of the designs.

From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

It is by the design more than anything else that the date of manufacture is fixed, determining the choiceness of the piece, and the money it should bring.

From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.

Among a people who, perhaps unjustly, have been prided for the choiceness of their swearing, the favourite growth and very spoilt-child of animosity is the word of an exceedingly forcible kind.

From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian

My dear master, you might know by the choiceness of the timber, and the superiority of the workmanship, that a masterpiece such as this is a thing for a Prince-Bishop's cellar alone.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm