The groundwork or canvas being transferred from love to religion, it gains a little in freshness and directness of purpose, but hardly in general readableness.
"The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. I. (of V.)"
Margaret, Queen Of Navarre
One of these was Mr. Patchett Martin, who, in a series of books, Deeds that Won the Empire, showed himself extraordinarily adept at carrying on the Macaulay tradition of readableness and picturesqueness in the handling of historical events.
"The Adventure of Living"
John St. Loe Strachey
All this increases the readableness of the book.
"Dr. Johnson and His Circle"
John Bailey