elegancies

Example Sentences

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He consorted with English lords, rode to hounds, learned to love foppery and all the elegancies, became a past master of dancing, of gambling, polite drinking and exquisite flirtation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Speeches were always in order—the smooth elegancies of a Davis, the high-flown outpourings of a Harvey, the salty blasts of a Dawes.

From Time Magazine Archive

I want its elegancies, its refinements, and these one has so cheaply.

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James

It was a revelation to Rose of the elegancies of a dainty, finicky girl's toilet.

From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Garland, Hamlin

Its mistress was educated in England, and has here surrounded herself with many European comforts and elegancies.

From Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands by Ballou, Maturin Murray