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 tree was profusely hung with elegant paper lamps, and although there were no pine-branches, only palm leaves, the "tout ensemble," bore a strong resemblance to a genuine Christmas tree.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

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

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

Otherwise the hearer's attention will be diverted from the tout ensemble.

From Johann Sebastian Bach by Forkel, Johann Nikolaus