elegancy

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Never did the captain sacrifice force to elegancy of expression.

From The Land of Frozen Suns by Sinclair, Bertrand W.

Wit, ingenuity, and learning in verse; even elegancy itself, though that comes nearest, are one thing.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

Lord Bacon, in his essay "Of Gardens," says, "When ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely; as if gardening were the greater perfection."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 by Various

“I took fust-class when at school in the States for elegancy and deportment.”

From The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)

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.