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The usual speech—reminiscent, anecdotic, prophetic of tremendous triumphs, mildly humorous, pathetic.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 1, 1890 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
The figures in the former position are religious and supernatural, those in the interior historical and anecdotic.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Sir Walter Armstrong
For the rest, Asolando is a miscellany of old and new,—bright loose drift from the chance moods of genius, or bits of anecdotic lumber carefully recovered and refurbished, as in prescience of the nearing end.
From Robert Browning by C. H. (Charles Harold) Herford
I can, it is true, be witty, anecdotic, and agreeable; I can spice conversation with epigram, and illustrate argument by apt example; but my forte is tenderness.
From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Charles James Lever
Even anecdotic etymologies accepted by the most cautious modern authorities do not always inspire complete confidence.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
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