elegancy

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In his Youth he visited the principal Courts of Europe, where he contracted a great Politeness, and a solid Taste of Elegancy.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

They have some Kind of Elegancy in varying and compounding their Words, to which, not many of themselves attain, and this principally distinguishes their best Speakers.

From The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada Part I, Part II by Colden, Cadwallader

The artificial Charms with which she concealed the Loss, or want of natural ones, the exquisite Neatness and Elegancy of her Dress, with the Gracefulness of her Deportment, rendered the Conquest certain.

From The Amours of Zeokinizul, King of the Kofirans Translated from the Arabic of the famous Traveller Krinelbol by Crébillon, Claude Prosper Jolyot de

Oh, your Presidency—no, your Elegancy, I hopes I find you well.

From Harper's Young People, February 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

Incomparable Lady, the Elegancy of your Repartees most excellently denotes the Profundity of your Capacity.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague