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The anecdotic life of Herschel, however, is now closed.
From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Grant, Robert
The anecdotic history of John Gabriel Borkman is even scantier than that of Little Eyolf.
From John Gabriel Borkman by Archer, William
You see, Julia is like a game of tennis, or a pleasant picture of the anecdotic kind.
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth
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 Lever, Charles James
Among the artists identified with this movement there was The pre-Raphaelites. little really in common except in impatience of the prevailing modes of empty academic convention or anecdotic frivolity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
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