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

Yet He knows,—if the entireness of a gift means anything,—that I have not given with a reserve, that I am yours in my life and soul, for this year and for other years.

From The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Browning, Robert

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

The charm of a landscape is entireness, unity; it strikes the eye at once and as a whole.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 by Various

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