Laconism

He had, to aid him, further, the property of all the citizens whom he exiled on the ground of Laconism, and of this without scruple he in every case availed himself.

Hellenica 2007

"Elles ont tout vu," he adds simply, and one hopes his correspondent (I forgot whether it was one of the _Inconnues_ or Madame de Montijo) appreciated the Mount-Everest-like Laconism.

A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889

He had, to aid him, further, the property of all the citizens whom he exiled on the ground of Laconism, and of this without scruple he in every case availed himself.

Hellenica 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874

Partly romantic, partly humorous, in his Laconism, Plato is however quite serious in locating a certain spirit at Lacedaemon of which his own ideal Republic would have been the completer development; while the picture he draws of it presents many a detail taken straight from

Plato and Platonism Walter Pater 1866

Stimulated by his master's unconcealed Laconism, his approval of contemporary Lacedaemon, he is at the pains to journey thither, and make personal inspection of

Plato and Platonism Walter Pater 1866

The hand of Providence writes often by abbreviatures, hieroglyphicks or short characters, which, like the Laconism [71] on the wall, are not to be made out but by a hint or key from that Spirit which indited them.

Christian Morals 1605-1682 1863

[11] The reason why Europeans fail to explain their thoughts to Orientals generally is that they transfer the Laconism of Western to Eastern tongues.

First Footsteps in East Africa Richard Francis Burton 1855

11 The reason why Europeans fail to explain their thoughts to Orientals generally is that they transfer the Laconism of Western to Eastern tongues.

First footsteps in East Africa 2003