elegancy

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The chief secret is the choice of words; 224 and, by this choice, I do not here mean elegancy of expression, but propriety of sound, to be varied according to the nature of the subject.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Here are only numbers ratified; but for the elegancy, facility, and golden cadence of poesy, caret .

From Canterbury Pieces by Butler, Samuel

But yet, since princes will have such things, it is better they should be graced with elegancy, than daubed with cost.

From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Bacon, Francis

There was indeed little in common between what we may venture to call the pedantry of Germany and the superficial elegancy of the Jesuit schools.

From The Unity of Civilization by Various

The elegancy of the style and the turn of the periods make the chief impression upon the hearers.

From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by Wragg, H.