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

Alec thought his mother's opinion the more to be approved, and Kate's the more to be admired; showing the lack of entireness in his nature, by thus dissociating the good and the admirable.

From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George

The safety of the State does not depend on the safety of the clergy, but on the entireness of the sovereign power.”—Considerations upon the Reputation, &c., of Mr. Hobbes, p.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

And I clung to him with an entireness of confidence, a fulness of gratitude that swelled my heart almost to bursting.

From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Hentz, Caroline Lee

No dressmaker had ever played fantastic tricks with it: it was pure and simple in its entireness as it came from the loom.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various