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
There were no elegancies at their table—that too was borne in upon her along with the other disturbing things.
From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Garland, Hamlin
We wish that, amid the elegancies of this hall, we could bring up before you some of the scenes of our past life.
From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Davidson, John
She would even exchange all the elegancies and luxuries of life to feed on love and roses!
From Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
