tout ensemble

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The tout ensemble is generally very striking, even where the architectural purist is apt to grumble at the shortcomings of most of the detail.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

From the marshy ground rose the cries of curlews and peewits,—the drumming of snipe and the hoarse croakings of many frogs making an unearthly tout ensemble.

From 13 Days The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison by Caunter, John Alan Lyde

Taken tout ensemble this west front—of modern design and workmanship—is far more expressive of the excellent and true proportions of the medi�val workers than is usually the case.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

By this means the idea of strength and support is not interfered with, and the tout ensemble is not destroyed.

From Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society by Various

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