tout ensemble

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But it was not so much the movements of the military that attracted my attention, as the tout ensemble of the crowd.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael

The tout ensemble is generally very striking, even where the architectural purist is apt to grumble at the shortcomings of most of the detail.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

It was his towering, bald forehead, and something of command and savage energy in his lowering face, that redeemed the tout ensemble from an almost brutal vulgarity.

From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

A Vandyke beard completed the tout ensemble of a visage which, once seen, was rarely forgotten by friend or foe.

From A Modern Buccaneer by Boldrewood, Rolf

The horses are well-bred, though many of them not well groomed; the riders are graceful and plucky, and the tout ensemble makes a fair picture to the lover of horseflesh and sport.

From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Greville, Beatrice Violet Graham