He condemns Swift for his coarseness and praises Johnson for his outspokenness.
"The Silent Isle"
Arthur Christopher Benson
But partly, too, it arises from national characteristics, the preference for bluntness and frankness and outspokenness; the tendency to believe that a display of courtesy and emotion and consideration is essentially insincere.
"The Silent Isle"
Arthur Christopher Benson
One does not at all want to get rid of frankness and outspokenness.
"The Silent Isle"
Arthur Christopher Benson