To my eager taste, he had grown just a little trite.

He abhors the trite and obvious, and, in escaping them to indulge in witty riddles, fanciful expressions, and difficult allusions, he imperils his clearness.

] Hear, O Commander of the Faithful, hear A legend trite to many a childish ear; But scorn it not, nor let its teaching fail, Although familiar as a nursery tale.

"A reformed rake," you say, "makes the best husband"a trite, but a very erroneous maxim, as the fatal experience of thousands of our sex can testify.