fastidiousness

Some of these compositions he hoped would be accepted by his correspondent, Mr George Thomson, for his collection, and the others he expected would find a publisher in the famous bookselling firm of Co.stable & Co. The failure of both these schemes -- for Co.stable's hands were full, and Thomson exhibited his wonted "fastidiousness" -- preyed deeply on the mind of the sensitive bard.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

I had been neglecting my appearance ever since the night with Hannah had made it clear my fastidiousness was a waste of time.

In This Way I Was Saved Brian DeLeeuw 2009

His fastidiousness is a source of bemusement to Federal Communications Commission officials whom Valenti has been wooing to keep the TV networks from sharing in syndication sales of reruns.

Lobby? Me? Whatever Makes You Say That? 2008

Then I found you, Elfride, and l felt for the first time that my fastidiousness was a blessing.

A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006

Perhaps what I have called fastidiousness is a divine fear.

George Bernard Shaw 1905

Then I found you, Elfride, and I felt for the first time that my fastidiousness was a blessing.

A Pair of Blue Eyes Thomas Hardy 1884

This ancient custom has produced among Russians of the old school a kind of fastidiousness to which we are strangers.

Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880

It cannot indeed produce perfection; but it produces improvement and nourishes that generous and liberal fastidiousness which is not inconsistent with the strongest sensibility to merit, and which, while it exalts our conceptions of the art, does not render us unjust to the artist.

Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

That the virile faculty and power with such is weakened even till it ceases; and that after this there commences cold towards the sex; and that cold is succeeded by a kind of fastidiousness approaching to loathing, is well known, although but little talked of.

The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love Emanuel Swedenborg 1730

I thought it a certain silly fastidiousness on my part, but it persisted in spite of me, and I merely shrugged my shoulders in answer.

Chapter 19 2010