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"Comrades," the first play in the present volume, belongs to the same momentous creative period as "The Father" and "Countess Julie," although there is little anecdotic history attaching to this vigorous comedy.
From Plays: Comrades; Facing Death; Pariah; Easter by Warner Oland
Be that as it may, I never was accused of relating a garbled, broken, and disjointed tale, and for the honor of my anecdotic powers, I resolved not to do so.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Charles James Lever
Its sentiments are more broadly human, and the programme that Strauss has followed never loses itself in picturesque or anecdotic details, but is planned on expressive and noble lines.
From Musicians of To-Day by Mary Blaiklock
It is suggestive of so many pleasant little platitudes about "long ago," with anecdotic memories of poor dear Dick or Harry, that it rarely fails to interest and amuse.
From One Of Them by Charles James Lever
Her importance is thus very great: and it only wanted the proverbial or anecdotic "That!" to make it much greater.
From The English Novel by George Saintsbury
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