He had actually, in this parabolic, and commendable, obscureness, for which she thanked him in her soul, struck the very point she had not named and did not wish to hear named, but wished him to strike; he was anything but obtuse.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
A wise and faithful counsellor will blame Weak verses, note the rough, condemn the lame, Retrench luxuriance, make obscureness plain, Cross-question this, bid that be writ again: A second Aristarch, he will not ask, "Why for such trifles take my friend to task?"
"The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry"
Horace a.k.a. Quintus Horatius Flaccus Translated by John Conington, M. A.