euphuism

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Sir Charles Eastlake, in whose election to the Presidency the Queen and Prince had been much interested, had not brought oratorical euphuism to the same perfection as his successor, Lord Leighton.

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He preserved, in a great measure, the dramatic tradition of John Lyly, and affected a kind of subdued euphuism.

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He has shaken off the rather recondite euphuism of some of the earlier passages, and has become more human and familiar.

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His language soars into the wildest hyperboles and euphuisms.

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Its name is quaint, for so was its discoverer, Luke Fox, a worthy man, addicted much to euphuism.

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