A Hero Of Our Own Times - pg. 131

He spoke quickly and affectedly, being one of those who have high-falutin phrases which they consider appropriate for every contingency, while they have no appreciation of beauty unadorned. Pompously they feign unusual emotions, sublime passions, and exceptional suffering. They love to produce an effect, and romantically minded provincial girls are apt to adore them. As they approach middle age, they may become respectable country gentlemen or else take to drink, or even aspire to both vocations. Such men may have excellent qualities, but they never have a poetic vein.