And in no direction was the slightest concern evinced.–Times.
The majority display scant anxiety for news.–Times.
...treating his characters on broader lines, occupying himself with more elemental emotions and types, and forsaking altogether his almost meticulous analysis of notive and temperament.–Westminster Gazette. (We recommend to this reviewer a more meticulous use of the dictionary)
And most probably he is yoted a fool for not doing as many men in similar positions are doing—viz., making up for a lack of principle by an abundance of bawbees easily extracted from a large class of contractors who are only too willing...–Times.
It is Victor Hugo's people, the motives on which they act, the means they take to carry out their objects, their relations to one another, that strike us as so monumentally droll.–Times.
Nothing definite has been decided upon as to the exact date of the visits, the venue of the visits, the...–Times.
2. Pretentious circumlocution.
That life was brought to a close in November 1567, at an age, probably, not far from the one fixed by the sacred writer as the term of human existence.–Prescott.
She skated extremely badly, but with an enjoyment that was almost pathetic, in consideration of the persistence of 'frequent fall'.–E. F. Benson.
The question of an extension of the Zemstvos to the southwest provinces is believed to be under consideration. It is understood that the visit of General Kleigels to St. Petersburg is not unconnected therewith.–Times.
3. Poetic phraseology, especially the Carlylese superlative.
Almost any page of Milton's prose will show whence Carlyle had this; but it is most offensive in ordinary modern writing.
A period when, as she puts it, men and women of fashion 'tried not to be themselves, yet never so successfully displayed the naked hearts of them'.–Times.
The last week in February was harnessing her seven bright steeds in shining tandem in the silent courtyard of the time to be.–The Lamp.
Our enveloping movements since some days prove successful, and fiercest battle is now proceeding.–Times.
The unhappy man persuades himself that he has in truth become a new creature, of the wonderfullest symmetry.–Carlyle.
4. Patronizing superiority expressed by describing simple things in long words.
