choiceness

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The sand, or hard shell, or as they are sometimes called little necks, are next in choiceness, and then come the Pismo beach clams, noted for their flavor and enormous size.

From Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining. by Edwords, Clarence E. (Clarence Edgar)

His flow of ideas was not more remarkable than the choiceness and vigor of his expression.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 by Various

But English luxury, which at first allured me by its choiceness and delicacy, proved to be mechanical also.

From The Lily of the Valley by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

Beddoes' genius was essentially lyrical: he had imagination, the gift of style, the mastery of rhythm, a strange choiceness and curiosity of phrase.

From Figures of Several Centuries by Symons, Arthur

My dear master, you might know by the choiceness of the timber, and the superiority of the workmanship, that a masterpiece such as this is a thing for a Prince-Bishop's cellar alone.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm