epigrammatism

Undue brevity degenerates into mere epigrammatism.

Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various

Undue brevity degenerates into mere epigrammatism.

The Poetic Principle 1909

Undue brevity degenerates into mere epigrammatism.

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 Edgar Allan Poe 1829

The work is rather too light, and bright, and sparkling; it wants shade; it wants to be stretched out here and there with a long chapter of sense, if it could be had; if not, of solemn specious nonsense, about something unconnected with the story; an essay on writing, a critique on Walter Scott, or the history of Buonaparte, or anything that would form a contrast, and bring the reader with increased delight to the playfulness and epigrammatism of the general style.

Jane Austen's Letters To Her Sister Cassandra and Others 1796

a contrast, and bring the reader with increased delight to the playfulness and epigrammatism of the general style.

Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh

Bonaparte, or something that would form a contrast, and bring the reader with increased delight to the playfulness and epigrammatism of the general style! "

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Charles Dudley Warner 1864