Burke was so far from being a gaudy or flowery writer, that he was one
of the severest writers we have. His words are the most like things; his
style is the most strictly suited to the subject. He unites every extreme
and every variety of composition; the lowest and the meanest words and
descriptions with the highest. He exults in the display of power, in shewing
the extent, the force, and intensity of his ideas; he is led on by the mere
impulse and vehemence of his fancy, not by the affection of dazzling his
readers by gaudy conceits or pompous images. He was completely carried away
by his subject. He had no other object but to produce the strongest
impression on his reader, by giving the truest, the most characteristic, the
fullest, and most forcible description of things, trusting to the power of
his own mind to mould them into grace and beauty. Source: William Hazlitt, "Character of Mr Burke (II)", Political Essays(1819).