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

It demands heart, brain, soul, body, the entireness of the votary.

From Lives of Girls Who Became Famous by Bolton, Sarah Knowles

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

But the work of Holbein is true and thorough; accomplished, in the highest as the most literal sense, with a calm entireness of unaffected resolution, which sacrifices nothing, forgets nothing, and fears nothing.

From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, 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