elegancies
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
This capital is certainly unsurpassed by any of the British colonies in the elegancies and luxuries of modern civilization, such as broad avenues, palatial dwellings, churches, colossal warehouses, banks, theatres, and public buildings and pleasure-grounds.
From Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands by Ballou, Maturin Murray
He has been especially careful to avoid imitating the French and the elegancies of "that ceremonious nation."
From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.
