After such a wide experience in reading, he has the proper experiential basis for knowing what are mildness, mellowness, strength, power, brilliance, pungency, delicacy, and charm.
The first rule of a student of literature is to learn to sample different flavours. The best flavour is mildness and mellowness, but is most difficult for a writer to attain.
" Bless your sweet face, my pet, " she said, the mother's strong love filling her keen eyes with mildness, as Totty leaned forward and put out her arms.