choiceness

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To some extent the success of a garden depends upon favourable conditions of sun, soil, and water, but more upon the choiceness of its contents, the skill of its planting, the lovingness of its tendence.

From Garden-Craft Old and New by Sedding, John D.

It is by the design more than anything else that the date of manufacture is fixed, determining the choiceness of the piece, and the money it should bring.

From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.

The sand, or hard shell, or as they are sometimes called little necks, are next in choiceness, and then come the Pismo beach clams, noted for their flavor and enormous size.

From Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining. by Edwords, Clarence E. (Clarence Edgar)

Indeed he had been especially struck by the impassioned elevation of her language, and the choiceness of her expressions so little in accordance with her position in life.

From Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague by Kohn, Spiegfried

Another characteristic of the Traveller is the extraordinary choiceness and conciseness of the diction, which, instead of suggesting pedantry or affectation, betrays on the contrary nothing but a delightful ease and grace.

From Goldsmith English Men of Letters Series by Black, William