elegancies

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For when will so great a Glutton of Elegancies be satisfy'd?

From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius

Gonzague’s ambition appeared to be to play the Petronius part, to be the Arbiter of Elegancies to a newly liberated king and a newly quickened court.

From The Duke's Motto A Melodrama by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

Perhaps indeed a few, a very few Elegancies and Ornaments of Dress or Furniture, or of the Dainties of the Table may still be imported from the Mother-Country.

From An Humble Address and Earnest Appeal to Those Respectable Personages in Great-Britain and Ireland, Who, by Their Great and Permanent Interest in Landed Property, Their Liberal Education, Elevated Rank, and Enlarged Views, Are the Ablest to Judge, and the Fittest to Decide, Whether a Connection with, Or a Separation from the Continental Colonies of America, Be Most for the National Advantage, and the Lasting Benefit of These Kingdoms by Tucker, Josiah

From one of these, belonging to 1594 and the following years, the Promus of Formularies and Elegancies, Mr. Spedding has given curious extracts; and the whole collection has been recently edited by Mrs. Henry Pott.

From Bacon by Morley, John

Rhetorick, 5. doth as it were paint, 6. a rude form, 7. of Speech with Oratory Flourishes, 8. such as are Figures, Elegancies, Adagies, Apothegms, Sentences, Similies, Hierogylphicks, &c.

From The Orbis Pictus by Hoole, Charles