elegancy
Example Sentences
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The elegancy of the style and the turn of the periods make the chief impression upon the hearers.
From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by Wragg, H.
He speaks of 'his fine expression, elegancy, and quaintness,' and adds, 'he does so possess the soul with his graces that we forget those of his fable23.'
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
Not long afterwards he brought me some verses written upon that model, a specimen of which I subjoin, having changed some phrases of less elegancy, and a few rhymes objectionable to the cultivated ear.
From The Biglow Papers by Hughes, Thomas
As to the correctness and elegancy of your writing, attention to grammar does the one, and to the best authors, the other.
From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton
Altogether Chorillos is a very unpretending and altogether uncomfortable place, in which there is little room for elegancy or self-assertion, the President of the Republic himself occupying a wretched, dirty Rancho.
