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

I am to add, that she gave herself to her friendships with an entireness not possible to any but a woman, with a depth possible to few women.

From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I by Fuller, Margaret

There have been many acute essays upon his minor characteristics; but intellectual criticism has never grappled with Shaksperian ART in its entireness and grandeur, and probably it never will.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various

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

The very freedom of his comments upon others made her feel the entireness of their mutual confidence.

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion