choiceness

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Beddoes' genius was essentially lyrical: he had imagination, the gift of style, the mastery of rhythm, a strange choiceness and curiosity of phrase.

From Figures of Several Centuries by Symons, Arthur

Its choiceness was great, but was not duly guarded.

From On the Stairs by Fuller, Henry Blake

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.

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

Photography is indiscriminate; human art is selective, and is precious as it evinces and secures a choiceness in selection.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I by Barrington, Mrs. Russell