delicatesse

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Fear grace, fear delicatesse; Fear the mellow-sweet, the sucking of honey-juice: Beware the advancing mortal ripening of nature!

From Whitman A Study by Burroughs, John

Thus, in our times, refinement and delicatesse are not only attended to sufficiently, but threaten to eat us up, like a cancer.

From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt

Sir, you have naturally delicatesse and gaite—but the last has, for some days, been under a cloud.

From The Fallen Leaves by Collins, Wilkie

I have no delicatesse as a diplomat, but I go blind on Libertad!

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

No, I am afraid it will not," said Madame Mohl, "for remember we are en froid, not merely en delicatesse.

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.