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 thousands of little elegancies which Europe, Asia, and Africa had contributed to minister to the voluptuous splendors of the regal mansion, were speedily transferred to the knapsacks of the soldiers.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
"Your mistakes are better than other men's elegancies," said Elizabeth, heartily.
From A Noble Woman by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
The historian or the philosopher does not aim at all the beauties or elegancies of expression, but only such as are proper to history or philosophy.
From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Joel Elias Spingarn
