Your condemnation may be correct in itself; but you say, 'He coins words'; and he certainly forces the phrase here and there, I must admit.

The point to be considered is, whether friction demands a perfectly smooth surface.
Undoubtedly a scientific work does, and a philosophical treatise should.
When we ask for facts simply, we feel the intrusion of a style.

Of fiction it is part.

In the one case the classical robe, in the other any mediaeval phantasy of clothing." "Yes; true;" said Cornelia, hesitating over her argument.

"Well, I must conclude that I am not imaginative." "On the contrary, permit me to say that you are.