entireness

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It was in these terms that Bonheur described herself in the interview: “Art is an absorbent — a tyrant. It demands heart, brain, soul, body, the entireness of his votary,” she said.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2022

No duties and no privileges can be of more importance than the preservation, in all their entireness, of domestic familiarity and faith.

From Deerbrook by Martineau, Harriet

Even when cleft or bored through it is not comprehended in its entireness.

From Walden by Thoreau, Henry David

But the work of Holbein is true and thorough; accomplished, in the highest as the most literal sense, with a calm entireness of unaffected resolution, which sacrifices nothing, forgets nothing, and fears nothing.

From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John

It is intended for the entireness of our sanctification: “the very God of peace sanctify you wholly.”

From Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series by Robertson, Frederick William