elegancy

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The chief secret is the choice of words; 224 and, by this choice, I do not here mean elegancy of expression, but propriety of sound, to be varied according to the nature of the subject.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir

“I took fust-class when at school in the States for elegancy and deportment.”

From The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)

Wit, ingenuity, and learning in verse; even elegancy itself, though that comes nearest, are one thing.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

Secondly, because he is, I perceive, a lover of elegancy of style and can endure no man’s tautologies but his own; and therefore I would not distaste him with too frequent repetition of one word.

From Andrew Marvell by Morley, John

Not long afterwards he brought me some verses written upon that model, a specimen of which I subjoin, having changed some phrases of less elegancy, and a few rhymes objectionable to the cultivated ear.

From The Biglow Papers by Hughes, Thomas