tout ensemble
Example Sentences
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The features could not have been more regular and their tout ensemble could not have been more harmonious; nevertheless, her beauty lacked animation.
From The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
I well recollect the tout ensemble of that scene.
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
Otherwise the hearer's attention will be diverted from the tout ensemble.
From Johann Sebastian Bach by Forkel, Johann Nikolaus
And some of the old monuments, even though they be not works of art of great value, yet, surrounded as they are by rich vegetation, present a perfect tout ensemble.
From Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by Vay, P?ter
