elegancies
Example Sentences
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Speeches were always in order—the smooth elegancies of a Davis, the high-flown outpourings of a Harvey, the salty blasts of a Dawes.
From Time Magazine Archive
He consorted with English lords, rode to hounds, learned to love foppery and all the elegancies, became a past master of dancing, of gambling, polite drinking and exquisite flirtation.
From Time Magazine Archive
The room was a mass of little luxuries—trifles too light and various to be describable, all the nameless elegancies of modern life, with its superfluities, its pretence of intellect, its discriminating taste.
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie
We wish that, amid the elegancies of this hall, we could bring up before you some of the scenes of our past life.
From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Davidson, John
There were no elegancies at their table—that too was borne in upon her along with the other disturbing things.
From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Garland, Hamlin
