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Elegance After Six, Inc. makers of men’s formal wear and accessories. [Trademarks: Crowley Trade, 9] American heiress undergoes process of refinement amid European culture. [Am. Lit.: The Portrait of a Lady] heroine “as charming when drunk as when sober.” [Am. Lit.: The Sun Also Rises] represents elegance. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 406] epitome of London’s man about town (1800s). [Br. Lit.: Lady Windermere’s Fan, Magill I, 488–490] tree representing elegance. [Tree Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 175] called by Roman historian Tacitus “a man of refined luxury,” and “the arbiter of elegance”; lived in the reign of the emperor Nero. [Rom. Hist.: EB (1963) XVII 681] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Dashwood was upon the whole well satisfied; for though her former style of life rendered many additions to the latter indispensable, yet to add and improve was a delight to her; and she had at this time ready money enough to supply all that was wanted of greater elegance to the apartments. The house is a good one, the furniture fashionable, and everything announces plenty and elegance. "I cannot admit it," said Sergey Ivanovitch, with his habitual clearness, precision of expression, and elegance of phrase. |
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