delicatesse

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Ils sont tous dorez avec une delicatesse inconnu� aux doreurs d'aujourd'hui.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

I have no delicatesse as a diplomat, but I go blind on Libertad!

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

Sir, you have naturally delicatesse and gaite—but the last has, for some days, been under a cloud.

From The Fallen Leaves by Collins, Wilkie

It is contained in the following verses: "L'esprit sublime et la delicatesse, L'oubli charmante de sa propre beauté L'amitié tendre et l'amour emporté Sont les attraits de ma belle maîtresse."

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine

She is a young lady now, delicatesse, consommé, and all the rest of it in a refined way, and I don't want to show myself to her in such an abject state.

From The Chorus Girl and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance