Note 180 — II 1325-1521
Reading edition
Cf. Goes, Cr. D. Manuel: escrevia com razoamentos prolixos e cheos de metaforicas figuras que no estilo historico não tem lugar; Cr. do Princ. D. Joam, cap. 17: com a superflua abundancia e copia de palavras poeticas e metaforicas que usou em todalas cousas que screveo. His style is less involved than is often said. Some of his sentences may contain as many as 500 words and yet be perfectly plain and straightforward, whereas Mallarmé could be obscure in five words.