Men had not ceased to write prayers, as a stout volume in the Parker Society's Library abundantly evidences; but they had ceased to write them with the terseness and melody that give to the style of the great Churchmen of the earlier reigns so singular a charm.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
Although Catullus in forming his more elaborate style worked carefully after the manner of his Greek models, yet we may attribute something of the terseness, the idiomatic verve, the studied simplicity of expression in his lighter pieces to the literary taste which he shared with the younger race of orators, who claimed to have substituted Attic elegance for Asiatic exuberance of ornament.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
He saw a figure of medium size, and perfect shape-its members knitted together, with a terseness that indicated true strength.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid