Yet some of his earlier productions are distinguished by classical terseness."
Some of the best productions of the school were their epigrams. Of these we have several specimens, and the art of composing them seems to have been assiduously cultivated, as might naturally be expected from the court life of the poets, and their constant endeavours after terseness and neatness of expression.
He had already assisted Nathaniel Bowditch in his translation of the Mecanique celeste, and now produced a series of mathematical textbooks characterized by the brevity and terseness which made his teaching unattractive to inapt pupils.
One of these, Freedom of Mind, is remarkable for freshness of thought and terseness of expression.
Robert Abbot's books are conspicuous amongst the productions of his time by their terseness and variety.
