elegancies

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

We wish that, amid the elegancies of this hall, we could bring up before you some of the scenes of our past life.

From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by John Davidson

The following incident, narrated by Franklin, illustrates a very important principle in political economy, which those are apt to ignore, who denounce all the elegancies and luxuries of life.

From Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

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 Edmund David Jones