tout ensemble
Example Sentences
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His keen and often expressive glance, his firm voice made mild by emotion, the tout ensemble of his character, seems to call him to great crimes or sublime actions.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
A Vandyke beard completed the tout ensemble of a visage which, once seen, was rarely forgotten by friend or foe.
From A Modern Buccaneer by Rolf Boldrewood
A small, unnecessary exhibition of snuff about the nose completed the tout ensemble of the Laird of Scouthercakes.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
And some of the old monuments, even though they be not works of art of great value, yet, surrounded as they are by rich vegetation, present a perfect tout ensemble.
From Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by P?ter Vay
A white band bound across the chin up to the lips suggests a broken jaw, and the tout ensemble of the various wrappings of the head a perennial toothache.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
