felicities

• We have not those careless felicities, those varyings from high to low, that air of living freedom which Shakspeare has accustomed us, like spoiled children, to look for in every perfect work of this species. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Life of Friedrich Schiller, by Thomas Carlyle
• All this is expressed with earnest emotion in truth and tenderness, surpassing “Lycidas,” though void of the varied music and exquisite felicities which could not well be present in the conventionalized idiom of a modern Latin poet. —  Life of John Milton
• Language evidently permits felicities, eloquences found among the words, but only provided they are not taken for granted in advance. —  Conversational Reading
• Though I wouldn't presume to "test" an author's style, I'm always on the lookout for "vivid and effective" descriptive passages -- those that can be studied and enjoyed for their felicities. —  About.com Grammar & Composition
• In all these bodily felicities, men seek simple happiness, as it seems to them. —  The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I

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