In this early stage of literary culture, the harmonious cadences of rhythm, the fine and delicate shades of expression, the main requirements of dramatic art,-such as the skilful construction of a plot, the consistent keeping of a character, the evolution of a tragic catastrophe through the meeting of passion and outward accident,-would have been lost upon the unexacting audiences who thronged the temporary theatres on occasional holidays.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
Hence it was only to short books intended for unexacting purchasers that the process was applied and with two or three exceptions it was used only for illustrated books with a small amount of text.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
She was rarely angry; she was unexacting, good-humoured, preferring animals to people, and unconventional in speech and manner.
"Sisters"
Kathleen Norris