elegancies
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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
I want its elegancies, its refinements, and these one has so cheaply.
From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James
He made great use of such expressions as the fire of passion, the loss of will power, perfumed breath, palpitations of the heart, and other like elegancies, all sure of hitting the mark.
From The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
But a similar internal gift must direct the skill of every fancy-artist who subserves the luxuries and elegancies of life.
From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Jones, Edmund David
