Be ruled by me; exchange thy abject superstition for common sense; thy childish simplicity for discreet policy; thy unbecoming spareness for a majestic portliness; thy present ridiculous and uncomfortable situation for the repute of sanctity, and the veneration of men.

And the slant of sunlight on lustrous columns, the depths of fretted gold, the dusky ivory of the walls and the pure white of the cenotaphs, so classic in spareness of ornament and simplicity of designthis subtle harmony of form and color gives to the dim rich chapel an air of dream-like unreality.

And just as fuller use and knowledge teaches them spareness and economy and gives their writing simplicity and vigour, so seventeenth century practice taught Englishmen to write a more direct and undecorated style and gave us the smooth, simple, and vigorous writing of Drydenthe first really modern English prose.

It followed that they cultivated that naked plainness and spareness which makes their work supreme.

He was thin and spare, with that peculiar spareness which results from the habit of always eating less than one can.