Everything, within the house and without, seemed to be the perfection of neatness and order.
There is a sort of cohesiveness and interpretative neatness imposed on what might in fact be an otherwise muddled set of audiences and purposes.
In the twentieth century these threads come together with the neatness and cohesion of an origin myth.
Smiles, in contrast, experienced a "thrill of pleasure" in the "neatness, order, arrangement, grace, and refinement" of a well-regulated household.
This narrative is pleasingly unified and coherent, but its very neatness has resulted in a kind of historical myopia regarding the period in question.
In this endowment with neatness and purpose an institution is fitted out with the sanctions and trappings of ancient usage.
No weeds, "the perfection of neatness and order" - we disbelieve the picture as too good to be true even as we enjoy it.
Apart from his daunting energy, his works are characterized by his obsession with neatness and tidiness, his desire to educate and his delight in the things around him.
