The poetical and metaphysical strain that still lived in Church Slavonic forms and locutions Abundant and natural gallicisms Everyday colloquialisms of his set Stylized popular speech by combining the famous three styles (low, medium elevation, high) dear to the pseudoclassical archaists and adding the ingredients of Russian romanticists with a pinch of parody.Vladimir Nabokov, Verses and Versions, p. 72.
thE pOeTicAl And meTapHYsiCaL strAIn That still LiVeD iN churcH slavonic fORms and LocuTions aBUndAnT And naTuRaL GalLIcIsmS everyday COlloqUialisms Of hiS sEt stylIzEd popUlaR SPeech By comBiNINg ThE famoUs tHreE styles (low, mEdIUm ElevAtioN, hIgH) deaR tO THe pseuDocLAssiCal ArCHaisTs and aDding the InGredIenTs of RussIan roMaNticIsts wiTh a PInCH oF paRody.vladimIr nAboKov, VerSEs And versiONs, p. 72.