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Cyril Connolly | 'I shall christen this style the Mandarin, since it is beloved by ...

'I shall christen this style the Mandarin, since it is beloved by literary pundits.  It is the style of all the writers whose tendency is to make their language convey more than they mean to and more than they feel.  It is the style of most artists and all humbug.'

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