tout ensemble

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The tree was profusely hung with elegant paper lamps, and although there were no pine-branches, only palm leaves, the "tout ensemble," bore a strong resemblance to a genuine Christmas tree.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

But it was not so much the movements of the military that attracted my attention, as the tout ensemble of the crowd.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael

He could vouch certainly for the genuineness of the kimino, but the tout ensemble was too much for him.

From A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 by Knowles, J. Harris (John Harris)

The tout ensemble of this is an extraordinarily harmonious mixture of styles which compels unceasing admiration.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe

But when he left his bedroom on the morning of Winslow’s arrival, he had considerably more of the English Squire than the Australian Squatter about his tout ensemble.

From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon