entireness

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It was in these terms that Bonheur described herself in the interview: “Art is an absorbent — a tyrant. It demands heart, brain, soul, body, the entireness of his votary,” she said.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2022

With what tenderness he sings, yet with what vehemence and entireness!

From Life of Robert Burns by Carlyle, Thomas

His death will make an echo through the world, which in its entireness he has served so well.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John

No duties and no privileges can be of more importance than the preservation, in all their entireness, of domestic familiarity and faith.

From Deerbrook by Martineau, Harriet

He had given up work, and betaken himself to bed, where he had gradually relapsed into his old belief—accounting for his entireness by the strength alone of the crystal.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various