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

I am to add, that she gave herself to her friendships with an entireness not possible to any but a woman, with a depth possible to few women.

From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I by Fuller, Margaret

In those which preserve any degree of entireness, as in the more perfect ones in London, one perceives the matchless grace of ancient Greek sculpture.

From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)

There have been many acute essays upon his minor characteristics; but intellectual criticism has never grappled with Shakespearian art, in its entireness and grandeur, and probably it never will.

From Washington's Birthday by Schauffler, Robert Haven

And I clung to him with an entireness of confidence, a fulness of gratitude that swelled my heart almost to bursting.

From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Hentz, Caroline Lee