To take only one instance, his diction is the very echo of Racine's.

The diction, the versification, and the figures, are Shakespeare's.

Her diction is choice, her range of expression large, and she admirably suits her words to the thought she would present.

The whole whaling diction is the contribution of America, or rather of Nantucket, New Bedford, and New London, aided by the islands of the Pacific and the mongrel Spanish ports of the South Seas.

The diction of Emerson alone is a sufficient proof, by its unequalled range and precision, that no people in the world ever had access to a vocabulary so rich and copious as we are acquiring.

This poetic diction, refined from the grossness of domestic use, was the standard poetic speech of the eighteenth century.