"In narration, Homer is, at all times, remarkably concise, which renders him lively and agreeable.

Finally, over and above his Poemes Parisiens, where Des Esseintes had discovered this profound definition of woman: Eternel feminin de l'eternel jocrisse Tristan Corbiere had celebrated in a powerfully concise style, the Sea of Brittany, mermaids and the Pardon of Saint Anne.

When original documents or extracts from them tell a clear and reasonably concise story, I sometimes insert them bodily in the text.