"Floweriness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... tell them "fairy tales," the book is a delightful one in its English garb; for the language is as simple as if the author were speaking by word of mouth, and at the same time is pleasant, and not lacking a certain quaint floweriness, which makes it all the easier to retain ...
— Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus • Robert Steele
... to me as if he hadn't read because he loved it, but because he thought it due to himself. But maybe I'm mistaken. I could imagine a delicate poem shutting up half its sweetness from his cold, cold scrutiny,—if you will excuse the floweriness of ...
— A Chance Acquaintance • W. D. Howells |
