Definition of "elegances" [elegances]

• Plural form of elegance. (noun)

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• "It is … the task of criticism to establish principles; to improve opinion into knowledge; and to distinguish those means of pleasing which depend upon known causes and rational deduction, from the nameless and inexplicable elegances which appeal wholly to the fancy, from which we feel delight, but know not how they produce it, and which may well be termed the enchantress of the soul."
• "As all cat lovers know well, Felis domestica is a marvel of balance, subtlety and other hidden elegances."
• "The grandfather, haughty, with head held high, amalgamating more than ever in his toilet and his manners all the elegances of the epoch of"