| 单词 | epigrammatic |
| 例句 | While the Adams style generated a host of memorable epigrammatic flashes, it was the worst-possible vehicle for sustaining the diplomatic niceties. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Modern life has rarely been articulated with such compression and epigrammatic precision. Elusive leaps of grace and daring: Rachel Cusk's 'Kudos' 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z They record his suave, erudite, epigrammatic peregrinations around Oxfordshire and Berkshire as the world economic collapse of that year took place around him. Robinson in Ruins ? review 2010-11-21T00:08:00Z But it’s more than convincing and every now and then, as a kind of homage or reminder, hits the precise, epigrammatic Austen note. Books of The Times: ?Death Comes to Pemberley? by P. D. James - Review 2011-12-26T22:48:22Z Sarris, at The Voice, somehow combined epigrammatic wit with a fan’s delirium. Stanley Kauffmann: The Old Master of Movie Criticism 2013-10-09T23:03:45Z Even more than a sitcom like “Will & Grace,” whose homosexual characters are more epigrammatic and better dressed than most people, “The Kid” keeps telling its audience, “Gays, they’re just like us!” | 'The Kid': A Gay Couple Adopting, From New Group@Theater Row 2010-05-11T04:18:00Z Prokofiev called these epigrammatic miniatures, many of them portraits of friends, doggies, referring to biting qualities in the music. Review: Australian Chamber Orchestra Plays Haydn and Mozart 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z As in "Sex and the City," this series features Carrie's arch, epigrammatic narration. A new Carrie glows in a 'Sex and the City' prequel 2013-01-11T14:54:19Z She scotches the traditional linear narrative for something more epigrammatic and associative — a wise choice, seeing that death turns time into a jumble and occasions all kinds of reflection and stray reminiscences. Review: In ‘The Violet Hour,’ Great Writers Facing the Inevitable 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z They all engage in cryptic, epigrammatic dialogues, often funny, stylised and obscure in a Pinter-esque way, about money, sex, power and such matters as where white limos are parked overnight. Cosmopolis – review 2012-06-16T23:05:37Z They were built of epigrammatic phrases, aligned with the moving intervals but pivoting off from them. Henry Threadgill and Zooid at the Village Vanguard 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z This part of the book is the most intensely epigrammatic piece of writing I’ve ever encountered; my edition has every other sentence underlined. I Love Dick: the book about relationships everyone should read 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z She spoke Mr. Albee’s cryptic, epigrammatic dialogue with the sophistication and assurance of someone in possession of a cosmic secret. How Marian Seldes Took the Stage 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z He composed the epigrammatic “Last Words From Texas,” based on the statements of death-row prisoners, for Mellissa Hughes, a busy, versatile soprano. A Voice Where Romance and Dysfunction Meet 2011-04-29T18:00:32Z Most of the program was given over to songs by friends of Mr. Meltzer’s, many of them brief epigrammatic works that hovered between emotional withdrawal and self-display. Music Review: ‘NYFOS: Next’ Makes Passionate Case for Art Tunes 2014-04-02T20:16:38Z The book’s research involved travel to the towns in Pennsylvania and Connecticut where the movie was shot, and Léger describes those trips with an epigrammatic precision that reflects “Wanda” and Loden in their polished facets. Barbara Loden: “A Woman Telling Her Own Story Through That of Another Woman” 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z For the next 10 minutes or so, Godard, smoking his familiar cigar, meditates on this vexing, evergreen question with his characteristic intelligence, opacity and epigrammatic wit. Best Movies of 2022 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z The epigrammatic nature of his notes mean that even the most gnarled concepts—no, I don’t understand more than half of this book—are written up casually. What We're Reading: Summer Edition 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z One might read them as anecdotal for the Iranian-American experience, but rendered in Vossoughi’s epigrammatic prose they ultimately unfold through the language of the universal. New Story Collections Reconsider History and Upend Tradition 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Charismatic and epigrammatic, Dr. Oxman speaks as if in capital letters and long, enticing, musical paragraphs. Who Is Neri Oxman? 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z “Her acting is an object lesson in comic timing, and she delivers the epigrammatic dialogue with superb panache.” Margaret Tyzack, Award-Winning Actress, Dies at 79 2011-06-28T02:45:50Z It’s the kind of “epigrammatic speech,” Oates said, that would make him ideal for Twitter. Living With Edmund White 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z That’s W. H. Auden, from “The Dyer’s Hand,” the first dozen pages of which — a series of epigrammatic musings on “Reading” — may be all the theory any critic needs. film: Sometimes A Vegetable Is Just a Vegetable 2011-06-17T15:55:10Z With a shrewd, pared-down and epigrammatic prose style, he has written “a quietly brilliant book that warms slowly in the hands.” 13 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z As a coffee-table topper, her epigrammatic prescriptions and sepia-toned photos are quaint, and she writes that she intends to share “a mode of existence and attitude about life.” Eating Alone in China 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Twitter’s epigrammatic styles change rapidly; grammar itself is a meme there. Planned Obsolescence 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z This sensitive and impressive piece of work is too long to quote, but another aspect of Mr. Cullen’s work may be given, and that is his keen, almost epigrammatic gift that borders on satire. Review: ‘Color,’ by Countee Cullen 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z A lifelong insomniac, she often stayed up drawing or writing in her journal, in the same plain, epigrammatic style in which she spoke. Louise Bourgeois, Influentual Sculptor, Dies at 98 2010-05-31T21:24:00Z During the long development section of “Trio,” I adore a few briefer groupings of notes that reflect Young’s early enthusiasm for the Second Viennese School — particularly Webern’s epigrammatic style. Richness in Stasis: La Monte Young Finally Releases ‘Trio’ 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The epigrammatic and empathetic Mrs. Kendal, who knows from striking poses and being gawped at, is a scene-stealing showboat. Bradley Cooper in 'The Elephant Man' on Broadway 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z That life, in other words, is not a thing reducible to something as epigrammatic as the essay’s first sentence. From literary heavyweight to lifestyle brand: exploring the cult of Joan Didion 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z What he achieves is a kind of epigrammatic excavation, uprooting stories that have been mislaid or misappropriated, and presenting them in their full glory, horror or absurdity. Eduardo Galeano: 'My great fear is that we are all suffering from amnesia' 2013-07-23T16:41:00Z That is at least in part the sardonic content of Ahmed Mater's epigrammatic black-and-white photograph of a black magnetic cube drawing ring upon concentric ring of iron filings to its Mecca. Light from the Middle East: New Photography – review 2012-12-09T00:05:48Z Of course, a playwright is going to make people seem more epigrammatic and histrionic than they actually were. Review: ‘Shows for Days,’ With Patti LuPone as a Diva With Depth 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Her story isn't chronological but shattered, and her history is revealed gradually between epigrammatic present scenes. Lauren Groff's 'Fates and Furies' turns the struggles of marriage into art 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z "Hanif was bothered that the writing was too epigrammatic," he says. Cheers for Frears 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z He gives his characters some dinner-party wit that, when it sticks close to their experience, offers a spritz of epigrammatic effervescence. “Non-Fiction,” Reviewed: A Vacuum-Sealed View of France’s Culturati 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z He’s a testifier and a catharsis engine, drawn to brusque, epigrammatic phrases that recall the exhortative cadence of New Orleans brass bands. Music Review: Christian aTunde Adjuah Brings New Sound to a Jazz Festival 2014-05-09T21:40:13Z It is written with elegance and often pungency, the pitch-perfect dialogue ranging from the waggishly epigrammatic to the bluntly outraged. John le Carré’s Last Completed Spy Novel Crowns a Career Attuned to Moral Ambivalence 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z There are passages that seem beholden to the epigrammatic music of Webern, and passages, especially the lyrically wistful final section, that reveal Carter’s inner Copland. Matthias Pintscher Conducts in the NY Phil Biennial 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z It’s as if expansive Mahlerian phrases are condensed into short, epigrammatic gestures, almost fragments. Dreaming Up a Mahler Symphony That Never Was 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Lewis wrote elegant, epigrammatic compositions that integrated the counterpoint of chamber music into a hard-bop framework. Jon Batiste and Wynton Marsalis Prize John Lewis, and Each Other 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z In them, Maximianus, who flourished in the 6th century and was a friend of the philosopher Boethius, epigrammatically reflects on old age, lost love and sexual impotence. Perspective | Why the literature of antiquity still matters 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z The songs on “Rockets on the Balcony” are compact vehicles, often epigrammatic and to-the-point. Music Review: A Little Kick From the Mideast: Folk Spices the Jazz 2011-04-06T21:58:18Z Bound in Easter egg colors with sparkling celestial graphics and interchangeable subtitles, the books have branded their epigrammatic author into a tidier, more wholesome package. Anne Lamott, Leftie Guru of Optimism 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z "A carol is a miniature, epigrammatic art form – like a three-minute pop single," he said. Bleak midwinter to Sydney sun: King's College carol service gets a taste of Australia 2012-12-22T13:10:26Z Has morality made progress? – which read like a sort of brief, epigrammatic poetry. What would the hardest exam question be? 2010-09-24T23:10:00Z To that end, he delivered his speech in a crisp, epigrammatic style. The Democratic convention has been a slick production — and that’s a compliment 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z In more than 20 volumes of poetry, Mr. Berkson developed a freewheeling, idiosyncratic style that could be, by turns, conversational, epigrammatic, elliptical, whimsical and surreal. Bill Berkson, Poet and Art Critic of ’60s Manhattan In-Crowd, Dies at 76 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The prose is also less epigrammatic than in those works — a return, in some sense, to the fuller language of “Cleaned Out.” Annie Ernaux caps a remarkable stretch of unorthodox memoirs with 'The Years' 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z "In particular, the high degree of polished punctuation and epigrammatic style we see in 'Emma' and 'Persuasion' is simply not there," Sutherland said. Academic: Jane Austen had helping hand from editor 2010-10-23T18:16:00Z The book, Dwight writes, is “sly,” “devious,” by turns “helplessly epigrammatic” and “completely great, except for when it isn’t.” Your Tuesday Briefing 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Husson films “Mothering Sunday” in extreme close-ups and quick, epigrammatic shots, jumping back and forth in time to Jane and Josh’s meeting “before the boys were killed,” and forward to the 1950s and beyond. Review | ‘Mothering Sunday’ film makes for thoughtful but inert book adaptation 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Grant unfolds her story in epigrammatic fashion, moving gracefully in time, drawing parallels between multiple generations. Review | The best food books of 2020 that will get you thinking, not cooking 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z And yet, line for line, her epigrammatic style perhaps most recalls that of Emily Dickinson in its radical compression of images and ideas into a few chiseled lines. Review: A writer reflects on contradictions of capitalism 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Scanlan removes all that in favor of epigrammatic bursts of language, sometimes as few as four words on a page. Kathryn Scanlan remixes a found diary and T Fleischmann deconstructs a memoir 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z He explained this once in a comment so casual and epigrammatic that I knew it instantly to be true. Opinion | Prince Harry Wants to Ban Fortnite? Here’s What He’s Missing 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z For years respected classical scholars argued that she couldn’t have written her beautiful epigrammatic verses, because they were too good for a woman to have created. A battle with prejudice: why we overlook the warrior women of ancient times | Natalie Haynes 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Would you like to sign off with something pithy and epigrammatic? Hanging Up His Fedora, the Haggler Bows Out 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z His epigrammatic call for patriotic responsibility resonated in a nation of World War II and Korea veterans “tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.” Opinion | On JFK’s 100th birthday, Trump repudiates his legacy 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Although those epigrammatic sentences can be arresting—“Nothing is so firmly believed as that which a man knoweth least”—Montaigne doesn’t think epigrammatically. Montaigne on Trial 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z For a while, you may wonder if there is more to this enigmatic, epigrammatic movie than a string of clever allusions and linguistic puzzles. Adam Driver finds the soulful, intricate poetry in Jim Jarmusch's 'Paterson' 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Thirty-four fragments of his works remain, which convey, said Wright, “a Wildean wit – they are so beautiful, so elegant and so epigrammatic”. The one where Medea saves her kids: lost classics of Greek tragedy 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z But at several moments, he produces lines of epigrammatic clarity that echo the lucidity of his photographs. Luigi Ghirri’s Brilliant Photographic Puzzles 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z By comparison with Breaking Bad, Hamlet at full length is positively epigrammatic. A Point of View: How much longer can sprawling TV box sets get? - BBC News 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Even his brilliant epigrammatic style was ridiculed; the British historian Thomas Macaulay once observed—epigrammatically—that reading Seneca was “like dining on nothing but anchovy sauce.” The Man to Know in Ancient Rome 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Sure, it’s a bit morbid, but considering Twitter is epigrammatic by nature it’s a bit like recording the final words of famous people for posterity. The Tweet Hereafter: Archiving Celebrities' Final Tweets 2013-03-03T05:20:24Z I mean, those guys up on stage were so naturally epigrammatic, especially the ones with whom Mr. Vidal’s sympathies lay, that they couldn’t open their mouth without casting pearls before us swine in the audience. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: The Art of Eloquence 2012-05-03T15:07:19Z It is said to have been penned by himself, and is more epigrammatic than reverent. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z The play upon the double meaning of the word faith by which this was epigrammatically justified was seriously accepted by Christendom. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Nothing in his own church at Bemerton was too commonplace to serve as a starting-point for the epigrammatic expression of his piety. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z There is a charm in the style—so clear, so terse, often almost epigrammatic, and sometimes rising to the poetical—which carries the reader along in spite of himself. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Charles 440 Lamb called him a “prose Shakespeare”; Professor Ward, one of Heywood’s most sympathetic editors, points out that this epigrammatic statement can only be accepted with reservations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z His style ranges from the brilliancy of his youth to the sternness and sombre gravity of age, passing almost to poetic expression in its epigrammatic terseness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z You observe here, although this is dialogue between man and wife, the prose nevertheless tends to the sententious, and every remark must be supported with some dry old maxim or epigrammatic saw. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z This has the advantage of the others in brevity and epigrammatic point. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z He says great things in a great manner, but it is not the smart, epigrammatic, scarlet, flashing style of your little man. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z The great danger is that the final couplet will give the conclusion of the sonnet too much of a snap, too much of an epigrammatic flavor. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z I sat silent, listening with ever-increasing admiration to the play of words, the subtle arguments, and the epigrammatic brilliancy of expression which flashed from one to another of the four disputants. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z Humorada was, and is, the correct Spanish for a festive saying or writing of epigrammatic form. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Of Wilde nothing will remain beyond his written works which are vastly inferior to his brilliant epigrammatic conversation. The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z In private life he was not oppressively epigrammatic or logical, and not at all ruthless; and everybody called him "Billy," which in itself did much to deprive him of his terrors. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z His address was in his happiest epigrammatic style, and was interrupted every few moments either by the most uproarious laughter or enthusiastic cheering. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z It bristles with ideas and sparkles with epigrammatic expressions. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z His refined critical perception had detected the superiority of Chaucer’s versification, as adapted to the present state of the language by Dryden, over the sententious epigrammatic couplet of Pope which had superseded it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z The latter part of the volume is entirely occupied by epigrammatic or other short pieces in elegiac metre, varying in length from two to twenty-six lines. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z He says, �That is epigrammatic and witty in Latin which would be perfectly insipid in English.... The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Horace Walpole describes him epigrammatically in a letter written on the stirring day after Pelham's death: 'Pitt has no health, no party, and has what in this case is allowed to operate, the King's negative.' Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Clever reasoning, and witty and epigrammatic writing on scientific or other allied subjects, cannot indeed be called philosophy in the stricter meaning of the word. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z Yet, for epigrammatic dialogue and dramatic situations, it has not, at this present moment, its equal in town. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 13, 1872 2011-12-12T03:00:30.070Z The same century produced the only poetess of the Byzantine period, Casia, from whom we have several epigrammatic productions and church hymns, all characterized by originality. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z People who winter in hotels are, as a rule, quite prepared to be epigrammatic at the expense of a pretty married woman whose husband is not in evidence. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z Generally the Kombo is an epigrammatic phrase invented by the individual himself, and to be used only by him. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z Cecil gives extremely vivid sketches of London fashionable life, and is full of happy epigrammatic touches. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z They have an epigrammatic swing, and a racy Anglo-Saxon flavor all their own. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z Louis-Philippe improvised all the replies which he made, even upon the most critical occasions, to the great State bodies; he was as fluent then as in his private conversation, although not so happy or epigrammatic. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z It is nervous, terse, and epigrammatic—a little too high-flown at times; but I was fully prepared for that. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z His prefaces have been too disputative, his plays too epigrammatic, for the cultivation of prose rhythms. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z His history of the Netherlands and his biography of Henry IV. of France, written in a terse, forcible, epigrammatic style, have gained for him the appellation of the "Dutch Tacitus." Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z To-day came out quite in new style; almost epigrammatic, certainly pointed. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 2nd, 1893 2011-09-30T02:00:16.737Z Never in her life had she dreamed that any nation contained such fearless, fascinating, resourceful, epigrammatic, and desirable young men! Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z Until I lately read Adam Bede for a second time, Mrs. Poyser was in my mind its representative figure; for I remembered a number of her epigrammatic sallies. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z The microbe of ink having entered into his blood, he conceived the idea of putting Schopenhauer and Spinoza before the public in condensed and epigrammatic form. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z The fact is, however, that the epigrammatic form only exists when the phrase is quoted without its context. Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:31.587Z He was handsome, his manner was frank and winning, he was an athlete of distinction, he spoke with fiery and epigrammatic eloquence at the Union. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 2nd, 1893 2011-09-30T02:00:16.737Z But on the whole, instead of the old humour, we find in 'Daniel Deronda' a polished irony and epigrammatic sarcasm, which were afterwards still more fully developed in the 'Impressions of Theophrastus Such.' Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z Mr. Shannon, pastor of the Reformed Church on the Heights, Brooklyn, is possessed of lofty ideals, is purposeful, more than ordinarily eloquent and has the undoubted gifts of felicitous and epigrammatic expression. The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z He was at his best during these times,—profound, epigrammatic and cynical by turns. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z All is written in French, not only pure and grammatical, but giving in a wonderful manner the epigrammatic life and freshness of the old Parisian society. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z Fly: A sententious, epigrammatic stylist who puts a period after each utterance. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z Her prose in those days had a swiftness of movement, an epigrammatic felicity, and a brilliancy of antithesis which we look for in vain in the over-elaborate sentences and somewhat ponderous wit of 'Theophrastus Such.' Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z That dispatch, beautiful in its epigrammatic terseness, and sublime in its devout thankfulness and gratitude, will be carried down the coming centuries, as long as the remembrance of the great feat shall survive. The History of Peru 2011-06-27T02:01:04.487Z He had the faculty of ticking people off in a terse phrase of epigrammatic force and inevitable application. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Dragomirov was for many years Commander of the Kiev Military region and known by his epigrammatic style. Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z Of these six hundred epigrams it is possible not a single one is epigrammatic: we have never had a Martial. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z She is described as a thin woman, with a chronic liver-complaint, of indefatigable industry and epigrammatic speech; who, "in the utmost enjoyment of spoiling a friend's self-satisfaction, was never known to spoil a stocking." Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z Many of these essays are essentially commonplace, and the book is so long drawn out that it would be intolerable, but for occasional vivid and forcible passages and epigrammatic expressions. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z No one else, certainly, ever earned, so well as he, the double title which his epigrammatic countrymen were once fond of bestowing upon him—“The king of preachers, and the preacher of kings.” French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Would the epigrammatic translation of "sede vacanti" as "Not well and gone away for a holiday" be accepted by an examiner? Mr. Punch On Tour 2011-05-22T02:00:12.297Z They spoke gruff and short, affecting brevity of words, which was probably held to be epigrammatic. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Abinger was epigrammatic, sardonic, and satanic, and he never asked for more than one listener—a woman for preference, as she would certainly repeat what he said—and there were other reasons. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Slips of the pen have given rise to some smart epigrammatic corrections. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z There they applauded Gaston Crémieux, an elegant and effeminate speaker, now and then happy at epigrammatic turns, as, for instance, at Bordeaux. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z First of all, an O'D. need not, nor can it, be always an epigram; it must occasionally be an argument epigrammatically treated, and 'Close and the Carmelite' is, I believe, such. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Again, that is epigrammatic and witty in Latin which would be perfectly insipid in English, and a translator of Bourne would frequently find himself obliged to supply what is called the turn.... Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z In Roman classical poetry the term was somewhat indiscriminately used, but the epigrams of Martial contain a great number with the modern epigrammatic character. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Here his gnomic wisdom finds expression in pregnant, almost epigrammatic utterances. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z It was thus that Lucretius was enabled to embody in Roman verse the whole Epicurean system, and Catullus to imitate or translate the lighter amatory and epigrammatic compositions of the Greeks. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z As an orator he was less polished, less epigrammatic than Grattan; but a closer reasoner and a greater master of sarcasm and invective. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z These did not suit very well for the epic poems, or even comedies or the Romans; and were totally abhorrent from the lyrical or epigrammatic productions of Catullus. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Yes, ma chere; to be epigrammatic, your faculties must be always in exercise. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z General George Rogers Clark, whose loyalty to the Union has never been questioned, expressed my point in his epigrammatic plea to the Virginia Assembly. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z The Minister was chiefly glad that all this happened in his honor, and that the point of the last act was still going to throw a very special epigrammatic laurel-wreath on his crown. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z It aids its quickness and directness of mental view, in giving to his style a pointed epigrammatic terseness which is quite its own, and a frequent weight and effect which no other equals. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z The racy old bitterness of party spirit is dying out, and all the spicy drollery and epigrammatic fun of former days gone with it. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z The characteristics of the French style, its grace, clearness, wit and epigrammatic point, are all recognizable in French epitaphs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The dialogue was epigrammatic, and the scenes too short to let the attention flag. A Wife's Duty A Tale 2011-02-17T03:00:19.313Z But, for example, proverbs from their very epigrammatic nature tend towards parallelism. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z Some phrases, here again, are precisely Shakspeare's; and several parts of the dialogue have much of his pointed epigrammatic style. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z So also, there is no one who will refuse to applaud an epigrammatic observation of his, when responding to an appeal of charity. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Ancient Greek epitaphs, unlike the Egyptian, are of great literary interest, deep and often tender in feeling, rich and varied in expression, and generally epigrammatic in form. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Emerson’s style is brilliant, epigrammatic, gem-like; clear in sentences, obscure in paragraphs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Barreau launched this epigrammatic sentence in the profound quiet of a cell in the MacLeod guardhouse. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z One of his epigrammatic and pointed sayings—suggested by the ill-favour of absentee landlordism of old in Ireland—was: "Nowadays the absentee is the man who stays at home." The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z You have such a decided talent for that branch of poetry; even in your best lyric poems I have often found an epigrammatic turn. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z But they came commended by Boileau, their chief modernizer, and in their train was the fashion of gallant, epigrammatic and social verse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The exigencies of the Chinese language make a literal translation often scarcely endurable or possible, while a lengthened paraphrase gives a wordiness that is not a true reflection of the epigrammatic pithiness of the original. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources There are some terse and epigrammatic sentences in the Panegyric, which redeem it by their strong sincerity. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The fourth or Byzantine style of epigrammatic composition was cultivated by the beaux-esprits of the court of Justinian. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" On the twenty-second of June, exactly two weeks from the time of the distinguished capture, the following epigrammatic communication was printed by the New York Herald, in the same handwriting as the previous one. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories Miss Becky Graham was giving her companion a sketchy description of all the persons then at the Abbey, not taking any especial care to be epigrammatic or picturesque, but to be literal and truthful. Tony Butler The heads are epigrammatic and the tails sprightly, and both eminently characteristic, for the heads tell their own tales, and the tails in tadpolian scheme are the outcome of the heads. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 28 1890 His studied phrase, his epigrammatic point seem often out of place; his occasionally tinsel rhetoric sometimes offends a modern taste. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius These causes came into full operation during the Alexandrian era, in which we find every description of epigrammatic composition perfectly developed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" The style was everywhere simple, chaste, and elegant; the illustrations natural and graceful; and the dialogue, when, occurring, marked by all the epigrammatic smartness which characterized the era. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Applied it so strictly that, as Lord Chancellor in his epigrammatic way put it, "speeches were limited to silence." Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 93. August 27, 1887 He is also a master of epigrammatic and incisive sayings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" He is thoughtful and penetrating in his criticism, and yet concise and epigrammatic when he wishes.” The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus The humbler strains of the epigrammatic muse, on the other hand, remained ever fresh and animated, ever in intimate union with the spirit of the generation that gave them birth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" But also she was New York, and, to prove it, she must be epigrammatic. H. R. But this epigrammatic confession of his own weakness and of the baseness of those who environ him, does not seem to me a full expiation. On the Heights A Novel He is a capital exponent of that light, epigrammatic, and witty style which is essentially Gallic. Her Royal Highness Woman He is thoughtful and penetrating in his criticism, and yet concise and epigrammatic when he wishes.”—Academy. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus There are fewer forced sentences, fewer attempts at pointed and epigrammatic writing. Maria Edgeworth Another, wiser if less epigrammatic, announced it as a something that no one knew what, coming no one knew whence, and ending no one knew how. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel His style has been criticised, and has been called affected and epigrammatic. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 But he will certainly survive, at least in extract, as a distinguished humorist, an expert in epigrammatic and sententious aphorism, an artist of extremely finished execution. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Besides many other epigrammatic deliverances to similar effect, he said: Inaugurate war, we know not where it will end; we are in no condition to fight. The Bull-Run Rout Scenes Attending the First Clash of Volunteers in the Civil War These epigrammatic sentences, which, with but few exceptions, are but half epigrams, are somewhat aggravating, especially if too constantly repeated, since they thus picture neither common nor uncommon talk. Maria Edgeworth M. de Pressensé is not only brilliant and epigrammatic, but his sentences flow on from page to page with a sustained eloquence which never wearies the reader. The State of the Blessed Dead Nor was my difficulty lessened by the fact that, as he pretended to be witty and epigrammatic, frequent bursts of laughter broke from his audience and obscured his speech. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance A Canadian drama hardly exists; among its best works are the pleasantly epigrammatic plays of F.G. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Their versification is smooth, and they generally scan accurately: the ideas are expressed pithily, at times epigrammatically and wittily. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series It is exceedingly well written, and its social machinery is managed with skill; but it is a little too much elaborated in the conversations, which are rather excessively epigrammatic at times. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. They are gracefully and often lightly turned; occasionally, even, the author grazes the epigrammatic. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. The late Oscar Wilde had an almost unparalleled gift for witty epigrammatic dialogue. How to See a Play It shall be paradoxical, epigrammatic, erudite, even vitriolic. Seeds of Pine But May bravely taking him in hand, he recovered his powers of speech and became epigrammatic and sparkling. The New Warden Every body is curious especially to discover the style which Macaulay has adopted—that of his Essays being too brisk, brilliant and epigrammatic for an historian. Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 The leading journal will point out with its usual epigrammatic terseness, varied illustration, good sense and eloquence, the advantage of letting people alone, and the extent to which our Government does let us alone. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) His epigrammatic sayings are justly famous, and many of them refer to woman. Greek Women The epigrammatic terseness and unexpected turns of imagination which characterize the poems, are found also in his discourses. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 In the drama, as already remarked, the couplet is naturally less epigrammatic and pointed than in didactic and satiric verse. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History His narrative and conversations find expression in short epigrammatic sentences. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 In conversation a friend might happen to give forth some brilliant and very epigrammatic utterance. Japan A Record in Colour For example, when one has once heard, "Germany can be beaten; Germany must be beaten; Germany will be beaten," he can never forget the terse epigrammatic phrasing. The Story of General Pershing "Why," says I, epigrammatically, "don't they go far enough forward in front?" The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 There is much epigrammatic writing in it that will delight the literary palate. Checkers A Hard-luck Story So also was Bacon's epigrammatic retort to those who wish to rest on the wisdom of the ancients, that antiquity is the youth of the world and that we are the true ancients. Logic, Inductive and Deductive What the change is was epigrammatically, if somewhat paradoxically, summed up recently by a great authority, Lord Acton. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) But when he handled a topic in which learning was not required, his style was clear, pointed and incisive, sometimes epigrammatic. Studies in Contemporary Biography He either did not remember, or he pretended not to remember, the big, green eyes of the girl, her cruel and epigrammatic little mouth, her firm, white body. Their Son; The Necklace The tyranny of fashion has been always cheerfully submitted to on this point; and to be brilliant, startling, and epigrammatic, are the passports to conversational reputation: not to be weighty, solid, or wise. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 To the queen of the year the gallant members wrote epigrammatic verses, which were etched with a diamond on the club glasses. Old and New London Volume I In the same connection he characterizes Shakespeare, Chaucer, Spenser, and Milton in the sharp epigrammatic manner reminding one of Hazlitt. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature There is no want in him, either, of that power of epigrammatic terseness, which, in spite of its diffuseness, his age valued and cultivated. Spenser The French writer is inevitably epigrammatic first, and, if diffusive afterward, it is with malice aforethought. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 This often produces wit, and that quick pungency which excites surprise, but strikes with conviction; this gives it an epigrammatic turn. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 But the saying, if epigrammatic, is not strictly true. By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects George Meredith once said the same in Diana of the Crossways, although he said it more epigrammatically. Ivory Apes and Peacocks He had epigrammatic wit, curt, keen, and pointed. Miss Cayley's Adventures There is nothing so unconvincing, so stultifying to one’s statements, as to express them epigrammatically. The Moving Finger This fourteen lines, as an examination will discover, might be written in three four-line stanzas with an additional two lines as an epigrammatic envoy. Rhymes and Meters A Practical Manual for Versifiers Few things are more incongruous in a story than a clever epigrammatic lead and a succession of quoted statements following, none of which exhibits a definite bearing on the lead. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories The plot is fascinating, the incidents exciting, and the dialogue epigrammatic and brilliant. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters But, above all, we dwell on the impressive solemnity of his philosophical reflections, and his condensed epigrammatic thoughts. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors In the entire history of epigrammatic expression there are few if any whose fame rests solely upon the brittle structure of the bon mot. A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl Pope’s verse and that of his age generally is too cleverly artificial to be of much use to a modern, though his mastery of the epigrammatic couplet might be profitably noted. Rhymes and Meters A Practical Manual for Versifiers If it were possible to allay that by an epigrammatic programme, “Socialism in a Nutshell,” so to speak, I would do my best. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism It is perfect in its way, in style clear, sharp and forcible, the dialogue epigrammatic and sparkling.... Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters Others who are less epigrammatic affirm that to take a second partner is the highest compliment that can be paid to the departed first. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements His dialogue is good, growing easily out of the situation and condition of the interlocutors, and presenting occasionally, especially in response, an epigrammatic poise, that is worthy of all praise. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes Such a style is suitable to a man whose moods do not often hurry him into impetuous, or vivacious, or epigrammatic utterance. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) The style is noticeable for epigrammatic wit and wisdom in the lighter scene, and for dramatic power in the serious ones. Pepita Ximenez “Meredith Nicholson’s is a delightful book, witty, epigrammatic, flavorsome ... recalls Frank Stockton’s bewitching foolery and perennial charm.” Robinetta We retain from Burke to-day the sonorous generalisations, the epigrammatic maxims, which each of us applies in his own way. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle The experiment, of course, is scarcely possible, except in quatrains of an epigrammatic structure. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 The three women characters of the book are finely drawn and contrasted, there is much local color in the story, and a great deal of bright and epigrammatic writing. The Dominant Strain Don't try to be epigrammatic," she retorted, "it doesn't suit your mental complexion. Melomaniacs “They did; they do; they will!” answered Straws, epigrammatically. The Strollers It is a curious work in its way, for the epigrammatic effusions are varied, amusing, and composed in at least half a dozen languages. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba Ah, you are growing quite epigrammatic," said Billy, snappishly; "but there is some truth in your contention. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties In the epigrammatic style of King James I., who used to say "No bishop, no king," we might express the difficulty by saying No whisky, no funeral. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland I shall add a few words, of necessity almost epigrammatic, upon his work and character. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index It is not vehement, eloquent, or forcible; but condensed, nervous, and epigrammatic. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 Our conversation is carried on in epigrammatic phrases. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba "Don't be epigrammatic, there's a good fellow," said Tom. Daisy's Aunt However, of all kinds of epigram that kind is generally thought to be most properly epigrammatic which is distinguished by a witty and ingenious turn that deeply penetrates the soul. An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams ‘His chief literary qualities are his power of painting lifelike scenes, and his command of brilliant epigrammatic phrase.’ Helps to Latin Translation at Sight Like his style in writing, it was brief, tranchant, and epigrammatic, full of wit and observation, but without a particle of bitterness or satire. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 This is the whole song, and nothing but the song: for negro melodies, of which the above is a specimen, are essentially epigrammatic. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba "Oh, epigrammatic sentences expressive of moral feelings or virtues," replied my neighbor easily. Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland If you make even one or two of those pretty little epigrammatic speeches with which your writing is full, you will get yourself talked of more than ever. The Time of Roses His tone was positive, his phrases epigrammatic, and I applauded heartily. A Son of the Middle Border There is nothing more dangerous to an historian than great powers of epigrammatic expression; it almost inevitably leads to the sacrifice of truth and candour to point and antithesis. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 You write about it beautifully, even if you're not very virile or epigrammatic or passionate. Imaginary Interviews Some of our later literary women prefer the epigrammatic form in sentences, crisp and laconic; short sayings full of pith, of which I have made a collection. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Hume's statement is too epigrammatic to be true. Introduction to the Science of Sociology It seems unfortunate that the epigrammatic sentences, for example, of grand old Dr. Samuel Johnson have become almost obsolete. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century Whereupon I appeared profoundly impressed at such a novel and epigrammatic view. The Maids of Paradise Here is all her “epigrammatic felicity,” and an irony not surpassed by Heine himself, while her paper on the poet Young is one of her wittiest bits of critical analysis. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete But I must have convinced the most sceptical of woman's wit in epigrammatic form, and will now return to an older generation, who claim a fair share of attention. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition She pictured, in a witty, epigrammatic manner, the progress of freedom in womankind. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Mrs. Clinton's articulation was affected by a slight stammer, which, in my opinion, but added piquancy to her epigrammatic sayings. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century Some day she may give us something better than these tingling, pulsing, mocking, epigrammatic morsels.”—Times. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange The baker was pleased with the hearty response to the neat epigrammatic apothegms wherein he delighted to unfold himself. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford Miss Jewett's style is less epigrammatic, but just as full of humor. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition The Haggada conveys its poetic message in the garb of allegory song, and chiefly epigrammatic saying. Jewish Literature and Other Essays Nor should one forget to add that Chateaubriand can, when he chooses, be epigrammatic as well as declamatory. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century His style is clear and vigorous, and not unfrequently terse and epigrammatic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Its terse, epigrammatic phrases sink into the fibre of the mind, and are a healthy warning against crude, immature generalization. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Miss Thackeray quotes several epigrammatic definitions from her friend Miss Evans, as: "A privileged person: one who is so much a savage when thwarted that civilized persons avoid thwarting him." The Wit of Women Fourth Edition He wrote epigrammatic, incisive, perspicuous German, stimulating and suggestive, such as Lessing used. Jewish Literature and Other Essays Orthodoxy is a rapid torrent of epigrammatically expressed arguments. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study The Ciceronian orator, the epigrammatic, lyric, and elegiac poets, give examples of this art. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory Giving himself almost entirely to prose, he speedily became known as a writer of brilliant epigrammatic essays and even more brilliant paradoxical plays such as An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest. Modern British Poetry Genesis of the Social Conscience," The Outlook said: "The results of Professor Nash's ripe thought are presented in a luminous, compact, and often epigrammatic style. Miracles and Supernatural Religion The courtly and polished Abbé, who would have said the above epigrammatically when it would have been considered remarkably witty, has passed away. Happy-Thought Hall The really intimate Frohman letters were always written by hand on scraps of paper, and were short, jerky, and epigrammatic. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man In epigrammatic power, it was the strongest summary of the demands of the South. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage Surely it is only a statement of universal experience—an epigrammatic form given to the common-sense view of the matter. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 Mr. Warton observes, that "Tusser's general precepts have often an expressive brevity, and are sometimes pointed with an epigrammatic turn, and smartness of allusion." On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions But the epigrammatic compliment, the well-prepared impromptu, the careful rehearsed inspiration, is out of date. Happy-Thought Hall His brief, epigrammatic style of criticism is evident in a letter to Charles B. Dillingham, wherein he speaks of a certain play under consideration: I think the end of the play is not good. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Many men infinitely less clever converse more agreeably than he does, because he is too epigrammatic, and has accustomed himself so much to make brilliant observations that he cannot easily descend to quiet, unlaboured talk. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I But my knowledge of him makes me realize he felt and saw deeper than his epigrammatic style indicated. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The Moth and the Flame We laughed amazingly at your epigrammatic witticisms; your reputation is already established here. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 A thrilling story of Corsica and Southern France during the Franco-Prussian war, having all the epigrammatic charm of "The Sowers." The Uncalled A Novel When he finished Charles said, in his jerky, epigrammatic way: "Hackett, that's fine, but just in there somewhere—you know what I mean." Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Macaulay’s epigrammatic sentence touching their attitude towards amusements undoubtedly colored the opinions of men for at least a generation. Historical Essays The romantic ballad, the classical tale, the lyric, the didactic, the epigrammatic—the wealth of his music comprehended every note, the boldness of his temper adventured every hazard. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Hers was an inextinguishable wit, always alert, epigrammatic, enriching the language with proverbial phrases. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 The same one-sidedness and epigrammatic exaggeration can always be felt where whole groups of men are to be characterized. Psychology and Social Sanity He wrote as he talked, in quick, epigrammatic sentences. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man And to descend from the apostolic age to our own, it has been put by an American theologian into the epigrammatic form that Christ redeems us by making us redeemers. The Atonement and the Modern Mind This has since struck me as being an epigrammatic but very correct description of their position. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) I was born epigrammatic, and my dying remark will be a paradox. The Green Carnation There is an apparent contradiction in Wordsworth's epigrammatic line,— "The child is father of the man." Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism Miss Oman's juvenile maidservant, who opened the door to me, stated the existing conditions with epigrammatic conciseness. The Eye of Osiris "For brilliant conversations, epigrammatic bits of philosophy, keenness of wit, and full insight into human nature, 'Concerning Isabel Carnaby' is a remarkable success." The King's Mirror He was," said he, "witty and epigrammatic in conversation. The History of "Punch" They were often graceful and epigrammatic, but always sterling in their value and full of thought. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 There is a play on words in the following epigrammatic characterization of a loud and violent speaker: "He mistakes perspiration for inspiration." Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism Compare Keats's use of the form with that of either of his contemporaries, and notice how he avoids the epigrammatic close, telling in satire and mock-heroic, but inappropriate to a serious and romantic poem. Keats: Poems Published in 1820 I am glad that in connection with this discussion Mr. Corsan made one epigrammatic remark,—that he was not nervous and could watch a hickory tree grow. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 They were issued at twopence the sheet; and their epigrammatic cuts and accompanying legends were in Punch's best vein. The History of "Punch" This he did, viewing existence from every angle, and writing out his thoughts in terse, epigrammatic language. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Is it smooth, abrupt, laconic, epigrammatic, humorous, colloquial? Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism Many of his epigrammatic sayings have passed into proverbs: for example, that "genius is but a supreme capacity for taking pains." Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin The Scotsman is sober and earnest, the Frenchman epigrammatically exaggerating; but the feeling that underlies both utterances is a true one. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus "Yes," answered Axiom; "it was quite clever; your leaders are more alive and epigrammatic than they were." Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War No one else, certainly, ever earned, so well as he, the double title which his epigrammatic countrymen were once fond of bestowing upon him,—"The king of preachers, and the preacher of kings." Classic French Course in English The saying of the Bechuana chief, recorded by the missionary, Casalis, was probably, judging by its epigrammatic character, a proverb of his people. Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles O. Henry came very near to her, but did he not melodramatize her a little, sometimes cheapen her by his epigrammatic appraisal, fit her too neatly into his plot? Pipefuls Macaulay is preëminent in this kind, and woe to the party or the man that comes between him and his epigrammatic necessity! The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays It preserved many epigrammatic gems; often coming from the better—and brighter—half of its composition. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death Proverb.—A brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience; a familiar and widely known popular saying in epigrammatic form. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern And it is not fanciful I think to see in Lyly's pointed dialogue, tinged with euphuism, the forerunner of Congreve's sparkling conversation and of the epigrammatic writing of our modern English playwrights. John Lyly "And my works are to be Public Works, I suppose," grumbled Kilshaw, finding some comfort in this epigrammatic statement of the unwelcome prospect before him. Half a Hero A Novel Henryson takes his time; he observes animals and nature, and departs as much as possible from the epigrammatic form common to most fabulists. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Lord Sherbrooke, with his usual epigrammatic terseness, bids you educate your future rulers. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American There is an almost epigrammatic neatness about some of the examples that he cites from Ovid and Catullus. Milton He worked and worked, polished and polished, until each idea had received at his hands its very neatest and most epigrammatic expression. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 There was some foundation for Gibbon's epigrammatic statement that "the two greatest nations in Europe were fairly running a race for the favor of America." Benjamin Franklin Some, like the first two below, preserve the metrical division of the quatrains, with the couplet for an epigrammatic summary; others more or less obscure the division. The Principles of English Versification But even if it were an original epigrammatic pearl—was that an adequate reason for her following him to an empty house at dead of night? Clayhanger Out of a disciplined and fertile mind he pours forth epigrammatic sentences and suggestions in a fashion which recalls Emerson. Education and the Higher Life Rollicking, epigrammatic, harum-scarum Irish trooper, in the Indian service, whose adventures and sayings are narrated in Soldiers Three, The Courting of Dinah Shadd, etc., by Rudyard Kipling. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 It is a literary portfolio of lively sketches of men and women, "their tricks and their manners," all most amusing, and told in a naturally easy and epigrammatic style. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 21, 1893 Thus, in answer to a cry for solid pudding, whereof there is the most urgent need, comes, epigrammatically enough, the invitation to a wash of quite fluid 96Æsthetic Tea! Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History I was humorous concerning roop, epigrammatic on the subject of the hired retainer and Edwin. Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm His verse is at best vigorous epigrammatic writing, such as would now be converted into leading articles, twisted with more or less violence into rhyme. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) He was singularly careless, writes his editor, in distributing his pleasing illustrations of playfulness, or pathos, or epigrammatic expression. Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 Roscoe Conkling, who had just entered upon the theatre of his future fame, commanded attention by his superb choice of words in debate and by his wonderful felicity of expression and epigrammatic style. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis He charmed especially by the playfulness and elegance of his wit, the appropriateness and felicity of illustration, the shrewdness of his remarks, and the epigrammatic point of his conversation. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II It was discovered that Mrs. Coningsby could be as malicious as her assailants, and far more epigrammatic. Tancred Or, The New Crusade As a banker's clerk can tell a bad coin by its ring on the counter, without need of a testing apparatus, the true critic can instinctively estimate the amount of bullion in Pope's epigrammatic tinsel. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Besides, he is a horrible boy for mastery of all the arts and sciences, and delivers brief and epigrammatic discourses, being about twelve years old. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 The eloquence of Mr. Clingman, who represented North Carolina, was alternately enlivened by epigrammatic wit or envenomed by scorching reply. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis It struck me because it was so suggestive of the General's epigrammatic fashion—saying a great deal in a single crisp sentence. Chapters from My Autobiography In these books he proved himself a master of terse, epigrammatic statement. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers Theatrical managers drew freely on the dramatic treasures of Danish literature, and occasionally, to replenish the exchequer, reproduced a French comedy or farce, whose epigrammatic pith and vigor were more than half-spoiled in the translation. Essays on Scandinavian Literature However, the advertisement writer will learn the epigrammatic style most surely and quickly by studying the literary form of it. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric Pope never scruples to amend Homer by little epigrammatic amplifications, which are characteristic of the contemporary rhetoric. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series Many of his epigrammatic sayings have passed into proverbs: for example, that “genius is but a supreme capacity for taking pains.” Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals He is sometimes satisfied, in concise epigrammatic clauses, to skirmish with his light troops, and drive in the enemy's outposts. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 It is no less witty, no less epigrammatic, than Sainte-Beuve at his best; and it has flashes of deeper insight than I have ever found in Sainte-Beuve. Essays on Scandinavian Literature Crane's style has a literary turn and quality which will not be found in the epigrammatic advertisement, chiefly because Crane is descriptive, while the advertiser is merely argumentative. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric Emerson's terse epigrammatic method of writing was congenial to my inability to follow difficult logic. Confessions of Boyhood It would be easy to multiply these epigrammatic statements, which are all not obscurely related to the fundamental changes wrought on the world by Christian ideas. Romance Two Lectures To sum up which humiliating conclusion good George Herbert has put the matter thus with epigrammatic conciseness:— "St. Luke was a saint and a physician, yet he is dead!" Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure There was a lightness of touch, a perspicacity, an epigrammatic sparkle, and occasional flashes of wit which seemed altogether un-Norwegian. Essays on Scandinavian Literature He will be strong in action, epigrammatic in manner, personally handsome and continually victorious. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought In the language of those who dwell habitually on the banks of the river the wish is epigrammatically expressed, "May the Robe be their winding-sheet." Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. She thought Major Keene talked epigrammatically; and the undercurrent of irony that ran through all he said was not so obtrusive as to seriously offend her. Sword and Gown A Novel Huxley was a forceful and epigrammatic writer, and had a command of English second to no scientist that England has ever produced. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists It is temptingly easy to be epigrammatic, perhaps witty, at the expense of Frederick William I of Prussia. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Here is still the true, epigrammatic style of his youth. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy He had a very good epigrammatic wit; and there was not a parlour or tavern window where he visited or dined for some years, which did not receive some sketches or memorials of it. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 So I am writing you in dignified desperation to come to me this holiday season—Caleb is not always as epigrammatic as I could wish. Then I'll Come Back to You "My style is rather epigrammatic," said the Idiot, suavely. The Idiot The others, save for the epigrammatic quotations already mentioned, were more immediately concerned with his daughter. Winner Take All Here "Wedding-ring Edwards," in his quaint, sententious manner, growled out brief epigrammatic sentences, full of shrewdness and wisdom, most strangely seasoned with semi-contemptuous sarcasm. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men The common idea regarding its chief conductor represented him as a man of extraordinary sharpness, alternating between epigrammatic flippancy and democratic rigour. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 435 Volume 17, New Series, May 1, 1852 "Felicity is a deep student in shallow literature," the bishop put in epigrammatically. The Mayor of Warwick They consist of the main points of his argument, written out clearly and underlined, with a certain amount of the texture indicated, sentence-summaries, epigrammatic statements, dicta, emphatic conclusions. Hugh Memoirs of a Brother "Quite true and quite epigrammatic," he persisted sweetly. The Lighted Match A celebrated school of rhetoric was established here, and no doubt some of the effusions penned at this time, abounded with rich and epigrammatic humour. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Whole passages in Polycarp are made up of such quotations strung together, while in Ignatius they are very rare, being for the most part epigrammatic adaptations and isolated coincidences of language or thought. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" The sentence is epigrammatic and memorable enough; but so far as Chaucer is concerned, it requires a little explanation. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country But the satirist is often tempted to be epigrammatic at the expense of accuracy, and this picture is at least too highly coloured. The Social History of Smoking She united strong common sense with a lively imagination, and often expressed herself, both in writing and in conversation, with epigrammatic force and point. Memoir of Jane Austen We may define a proverb to be a moral statement, instructive in object, and epigrammatically expressed. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour But the epigrammatic form is remarkable, and it is a characteristic passage of the Fourth Gospel. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" Goethe was epigrammatic, and his ideas took the concentrated form of bullets, instead of scattering like shot. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 There are pictures of actual lives meeting real temptations; there are the epigrammatic precepts of Proverbs and of the teachings of Jesus. Religious Education in the Family It is usually cynical and worldly, sometimes horrible enough to make a governess shudder, but always epigrammatic. Certain Personal Matters The example set by Martial gradually led to a considerable development of epigrammatic literature. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Adolphe Adam puts the comparison more epigrammatically in saying: "If Palestrina had lived in our own times, he would have been Cherubini." Great Italian and French Composers In their clean-cut, abrupt, epigrammatic force there is something different from the work of any other musical lyrist. The Great German Composers Then, again, the pungent brevity of such of the poetry of the Anthology as is epigrammatic is highly attractive. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 The epigrammatic ones keep me always jumping over fences. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" The epigrammatic remark of a Boston woman that men get and forget, and women give and forgive, shows the fine, sharp finish of Sydney Smith or Sheridan. Americans and Others His prose is so witty, brilliant, fresh, and epigrammatic that he would have been known to posterity as a clever litterateur, had he not preferred to remain merely a great musician. Great Italian and French Composers Schubert was a revelation to his countrymen in his musical treatment of subjective passion, in his instinctive command over condensed, epigrammatic expression. The Great German Composers His lords brave each other in smart epigrammatic speeches, but the dialogue is in costume, and does not please on the second reading; it is not warm with life. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson Then a sturdy masculine shadow appeared, and there was a rustling above, and then, with exasperating, mysterious, and epigrammatic terseness, a deep voice propounded the utterly senseless question,— "How's that?" From the Ranks He was a machine of imagination, as some one said that Piron was an epigrammatic machine. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals Come in, pessimist, and don't begin by being epigrammatic on the very doorstep. The Moon out of Reach Mrs. Norton was extremely epigrammatic in her talk, and comically dramatic in her manner of narrating things. Records of a Girlhood Then followed the brilliant æra of epigrammatic points; and good sense, and good taste, were nothing without the spurious ornaments of false wit. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 This is perhaps an epigrammatic exaggeration on his part; but I seriously think that no one of us need be too much distressed at his own shortcomings in this regard. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals He does not really attempt to meet the more dangerous though less epigrammatic demurrer, “Do you want schools to turn out products of this sort?” Matthew Arnold A sort of truism, expressed by her with singular epigrammatic force, to which there was no making any reply. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One Indeed, there is more poetry and epigrammatic point in them than in those of any other country in the world. Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three But, notwithstanding the depth and strength of German, it is generally agreed that as an instrument of thought French prose in a master-hand is unrivalled, by its subtlety and precision, and its epigrammatic force. The Education of Catholic Girls It is what an Englishman calls a "clever" production, smart, epigrammatic, impertinent, the embodiment of all that is odious in British assumption. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 He writes as easily in this meter as if it were prose, and with much of Pope's epigrammatic neatness. Initial Studies in American Letters The tunes he wrote were lively and catching, the words never stupid, sometimes even strikingly happy, epigrammatic; and he sang them delightfully, in a robust, hearty baritone. Grey Roses J. Marjoram well and epigrammatically writes: Yet who despiseth Love As little and incomplete Learns by losing Love How it was sweet! Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 Few can have so little imagination as not readily to conceive the nature of the boxes of epigrammatic lozenges that will be presented to them. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) "I found out—just in time—that I needed more body and less soul—less goodness and—more Cornelia!" he concluded, epigrammatically. Bressant These cries could not be met by direct denial, by an epigrammatic retort. Children of the Market Place Occasionally it goes too far; but the occasion usually arises from ignorance of the situation, or the desire to score an epigrammatic point. Getting Together She brought back as well a vivid and epigrammatic version of the nebular hypothesis. The Militants Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World Italics were used in Bacon's time, and long afterwards, to to mark not only quotations, but emphatic words, γνωμαι, and epigrammatic sentences, of which you will every where see instances. Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850 As Mr. Barker was generally not very talkative at table, though frequently epigrammatic, his sudden eloquence was calculated to engage the attention of the party. Doctor Claudius, A True Story The style is not good—too epigrammatic and broken; but his research is great, his speculations bold, and his information concerning the numbers, manners, arts, learning, and other characters of the Anglo-Saxons, immense. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction An epigrammatic speaker said in the House of Commons that Peel governed England, O'Connell governed Ireland, and the Whigs governed Downing Street. The Life of Froude As to the subject matter, her epigrammatic sentences are grouped and classified with an accuracy that is both pleasing and popular. Life in a Thousand Worlds Many show great shrewdness of observation, and have an epigrammatic wit. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology His desire to be intelligible to the general reader led him to adopt an epigrammatic antithetic style, and to omit qualifying phrases. Christian Mysticism A singular epigrammatic style keeps up the interest apart from the story. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction His short, epigrammatic sentences ring like the click of musketry before the charge, and swell into length and grandeur with the progress of his theme. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 Even the heroic couplets of his poem on "Poetry" aim rather at pseudo-Pindaric diffuseness than at epigrammatic concentration of statement. Discourse on Criticism and of Poetry (1707) From Poems On Several Occasions (1707) None of the recent opponents of Home Rule have written against that policy with more brilliance and epigrammatic keenness than Mr. Goldwin Smith. Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question Dictator," and provoked such epigrammatic comments among his own countrymen and the French as this: "Louis XIV said, 'I am the state!' The Inside Story of the Peace Conference There is astonishing cleverness everywhere, in regard to almost every point of novel-composition, though with special regard to epigrammatic phrase. The English Novel In another lecture I spoke as sincerely as I could of the very high merit in the epigrammatic forms of Japanese poetry. Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Sarcasm he could use with effect, and a telling point was often made by an epigrammatic phrase which delighted his hearers. Ulster's Stand For Union It is full of clever epigrammatic lines, and its wit fully atones for its bitterness. Reviews Among the many epigrammatic sayings current in Paris about the Conference, the most original was ascribed to the Emir Faissal, the son of the King of the Hedjaz. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Thus tenant-right, which Lord Palmerston had dismissed with epigrammatic flippancy as landlord wrong only a few years before, received the sanction of law from his own party. Ireland and the Home Rule Movement Coleridge’s quatrain on Donne is, without doubt, an unequalled masterpiece of epigrammatic criticism. The Art of Letters I must note down one of his phrases which tickled me—he has such a knack for the proverbial and the epigrammatic. Shandygaff He has sanity lucidity, pointedness, sometimes epigrammatic piquancy, of expression, dignity without pompousness or grandiloquence, feeling without hysteria. Haydn I do not believe that it was said ironically or epigrammatically. Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 His chief power appears to have been in conversation, in which he was bold, arrogant, and epigrammatic. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature It has none of Pope’s wit, none of his epigrammatic characterization, none of his bewigged and powdered fancies, none of his malicious self-revelation. The Art of Letters Tom was not much given to the epigrammatic expression of his thoughts, like some of the other men, but he had a vein of humour. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor I mean alliteration, play upon words, the acrostic arrangement, and epigrammatic effects. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature This interesting dialogue was now drowned by the angry complaining of some young men, who in a state of exasperation stamped up and down the room jerking out an epigrammatic psalm of lamentations. The Cross of Berny His books, mainly collections of epigrammatic aphorisms and short essays on conduct, etc., though now almost forgotten, had a phenomenal popularity in their day. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Antonyms: unconcerned, indifferent. concerning, prep. regarding, about, respecting, touching, with reference to. concert, n. accordance, concurrence, harmony; musicale. concise, a. epigrammatic, sententious, succinct, laconic, pithy. Putnam's Word Book They knew something comic, tragic, or compromising about everybody, and expressed themselves with epigrammatic force. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor In his social relations he was a genial and entertaining companion, unsurpassed in conversational powers, delighting in witty and sarcastic observations and epigrammatic sentences. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 When, to give a paragraph its fit ending, the thought allows of an epigrammatic point, if he does not happen to have one of his own he knows where to borrow just what is wanted. Essays Æsthetical In all there are flashes of epigrammatic smartness. Cowper Antonym: insensuous. sentence, n. opinion, decision, determination, judgment; axiom, maxim, precept, posy, adage, epigram, apothegm, saying. sententious, a. terse, pithy, laconic, epigrammatic. sentient, a. sensitive, perceptive, conscious, susceptible. Putnam's Word Book Jarge was a wag; he was the man who, like Shakespeare's clowns, stepped on to the stage at the critical moment and saved a serious situation with a quaint or epigrammatic expression. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor A sentence or two may serve to give an impression of the epigrammatic wisdom of his counsel. Ralph Waldo Emerson The military conquerors and the saviors of society, with epigrammatic sayings, dramatic effects and rhythmic proclamations, are much more exciting and dazzle the fancy much better. George Washington, Volume II Instead of quoting an entire chapter from the volume, we are enabled to transfer to our pages a few of its epigrammatic illustrations. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 489, May 14, 1831 The compactness of Webster's statements occasionally reminds us of the epigrammatic point which characterizes so many of the statements of Burke. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style As a critic, I must say that his style is peculiarly unepigrammatic; and yet what collector of epigrams or epigrammatic stories has ever done what the Dean has done for Scotland? Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Shrewd observation there is indeed, but its strength is in broad generalization and epigrammatic characterizations. Ralph Waldo Emerson If ever the admirably epigrammatic phrase, "wax to receive and marble to retain," was applicable to any human mind, it was so to that of George Eliot. What I Remember, Volume 2 "Every man is a caricature of himself when you strip him," said Müller, epigrammatically. In the Days of My Youth We know how dangerous it is, even in England, for a responsible statesman to allow himself to be epigrammatic in dealing with serious affairs. Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire These were short epigrammatic sentences, expressive of moral feelings and virtues, and were thought refined and elegant productions. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Emerson's style is epigrammatic, incisive, authoritative, sometimes quaint, never obscure, except when he is handling nebulous subjects. Ralph Waldo Emerson As master and model in metrical composition he chose Martial, and in his epigrammatic turn he is akin to the great Latin poet. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 And to carry the resemblance still further, he was gifted with a vein of rough epigrammatic humor, in which it pleased his independence to indulge without much respect of persons, times, or places. In the Days of My Youth This process shows how closely related are history and politics, and affords another illustration of the significance of the epigrammatic expression of Professor Freeman: "History is past politics, and politics present history." The Constitutional Development of Japan 1863-1881 His mind expanded more tenderly and simply—less epigrammatically. Father Payne The verse is in great part rimed in couplets, and there are frequent attempts at epigrammatic effect, which at times lead to some obscurity. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England Her style, cheerful and vivid, sometimes epigrammatic, always entertaining, was her own. Memories of Jane Cunningham Croly, "Jenny June" Our pithy, epigrammatic poems were particularly well suited to the improvisation of a single sentiment. Bushido, the Soul of Japan Though the sting is very epigrammatic, the whole of the distich has more of the truth than becomes prophecy; that is, it is false, for the spring is wet and cold. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I Because of the constant need for appearing happier than I really was, I developed a knack for saying things in an amusing, sometimes an epigrammatic, way. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography The dialogue of satirical comedy assumes naturally the form of the apophthegm—it is epigrammatic and compressed that it may be pungent and striking. Notes and Queries, Number 21, March 23, 1850 It has been epigrammatically said that, Superstition is, in many cases, the cloak that keeps a man's religion from dying of cold; possibly the same may be said of Spiritualism and Psychology. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert Taken all together they express in epigrammatic form every important doctrine of Blake's. Mysticism in English Literature Uncommon expressions, strong flashes of wit, pointed similes, and epigrammatic turns, especially when laid too thick, are a disfigurement rather than any embellishment of discourse. The Illustrated London Reading Book It was so like him, gay, cynical, epigrammatic, and inconsequent, that it cheered her. Ailsa Paige It was then that, without any premeditation, her sentences fell as fully formed, as wise, as weighty, as epigrammatic, as any to be found in her books. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy While his sermons in their tedious prolixity share the fault of his time, they are characterized by vividness, epigrammatic wit, and dramatic fervor. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 02 Hooker to South Letitia, you are sitting there and being epigrammatic, just like the people in those unreal society plays they had last year. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel It is possible that "tableau" should be construed rather in the sense of a pictorial composition, which, like an epigrammatic sentence, may be very complete and effective, but not altogether true. Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development There it is that their quickness and epigrammatic turn of expression are best seen. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 She is described in the Mrs. Hackit of "Amos Barton," whose industry, sharp tongue, epigrammatic speech and marked character were taken from life. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy A famous and epigrammatic author said that life copied literature; it seems clear that life really caricatures it. All Things Considered With this epigrammatic touch he took his leave, I and the rest of the company laughing heartily, and having eaten as heartily as we then laughed. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 271, September 1, 1827 Johnson laid down the law with pungent perspicuity, and Mr. William Harris was amusingly epigrammatic. A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" He treasures up pithy sayings, and his own reflections are often epigrammatic in expression, and always full of good sense. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Leslie's mother called Miss Goldthwaite, playfully, "Ladies' Delight;" and, taking up the idea, half her women friends knew her by this significant and epigrammatic title. A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. I think the feminine expression is more epigrammatic and comprehensive. The Red Thumb Mark The French use a fluent, elegant, lucid style which entertains and dazzles by its epigrammatic phrases, in which not infrequently the epigram rules the thought. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time It is difficult in polishing the heroic couplet not to produce the impression of seeking epigrammatic point. English Men of Letters: Crabbe People do not associate in order to receive epigrammatic shocks, nor to be fed up with information and have their views put right. Essays in Rebellion Were there to be no more places and pensions, because Mr. Tooke's style was terse and epigrammatic? The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits We have all read the account of his own death that he dictated from the sick-bed—cold, epigrammatic, and, alas! characteristically lacking in taste. The Ghost Ship "You'll look like a fool standing on his head in a snow-bank if you talk impudent to me," said Hefty, epigrammatically, from behind the barrier of his iron mask. Van Bibber and Others This would have been epigrammatic, and at the same time it might have quenched dawning interest in the stranger. The Port of Adventure He drove a virile pen, and had an epigrammatic tongue. The Burial of the Guns Knight had none of those light familiarities of speech which, by judicious touches of epigrammatic flattery, obliterate a woman's recollection of the speaker's abstract opinions. A Pair of Blue Eyes Like every one else in Rome, by this time, Miss Blanchard had an opinion on the young girl's beauty, and, in her own fashion, she expressed it epigrammatically. Roderick Hudson This epigrammatic speech of Mr. Disraeli brought Mr. Gladstone to his feet. The Grand Old Man Heretofore Biblical writers have given to us battles, laws, histories, songs; now we have in Solomon's writings a new style in short, epigrammatic sentences. The Woman's Bible A more sophisticated audience might have mistaken its brittle epigrammatic quality for brilliancy and its flippancy for cleverness. Star-Dust Tigre-singe, Voltaire's epigrammatic definition, describes his countrymen of the Reign of Terror in two words. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 His Lordship answered, that if the conversation did not take something of a lively or epigrammatic turn, he fell asleep, or perhaps pretended to do so.' Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 The description of the "ancien regime" in France, "a despotism tempered by epigrams," like most epigrammatic sentences, contains some truth, with much fiction. Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims It will be seen from this literal version of his text, that, notwithstanding his epigrammatic brevity, Tacitus writes with a precision of thought that leaves nothing to be supplied. Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century Her sentences were frequently epigrammatic; she more than once suggested to me the story of the good fairy from whose lips dropped diamonds and pearls whenever they were opened. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 He knew her well enough to know that she never made use of the method epigrammatic without good reason. With Edged Tools Morning, noon and night, their epigrammatic tongues were busy. East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne Of all the French epigrammatic writers La Rochefoucauld is at once the most widely known, and the most distinguished. Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims Combining the happiest conversational eloquence with a quick, ready, and brilliant fancy, he threw from him in all the careless profusion of boundless resource a shower of pointed and epigrammatic witticisms. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 "I am not in as epigrammatic a frame of mind as I was." The Pagans There was a lightness of touch, a perspicacity, an epigrammatic sparkle and occasional flashes of wit, which seemed altogether un-Norwegian. Tales of Two Countries Poetical in structure, terse, often figurative or epigrammatic, the proverb was well calculated to arouse individual thought and make a deep impression on the mind. The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament SENECA.—Seneca, who certainly was well nurtured in Greek philosophy, preached stoicism in concise, antithetic, and epigrammatic styles, all in highly thoughtful points which sometimes attain power. Initiation into Literature The vague discomfort aroused in one by these epigrammatic productions is due probably to a confusion of kinds. Amiel's Journal Short, pungent, epigrammatic quotations, if suitable to the subject of conversation, may be occasionally introduced, but their use should be the exception, not the rule. Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. His style, which was altogether Emersonian, quite astonished me by its alternate bursts of what I considered brilliant declamation, and of forcible epigrammatic antithesis. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography For the distinction between octave and sestet has disappeared, there is a threefold division of the first twelve lines, and the final couplet gives an epigrammatic summary or "point" which Petrarch took pains to avoid. A Study of Poetry He began to frame in his mind epigrammatic sentences for use in the scene which would so shortly take place between Miss Dolly Burn and himself. A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories "We," he observed epigrammatically to a passing cat, which had stopped on its way to look at him, "are it." The Politeness of Princes and Other School Stories Vondel excelled as a lyric and epigrammatic poet, and the faults of his style belonged rather to his age than to himself. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities As one of our epigrammatic seventeenth-century divines has it, 'Aristotle is but the rubbish of an Adam,' and Adam is but the dim outline sketch of a Jesus. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV While the conclusion should leave a sense of finish and completeness, it is necessary to avoid anything like epigrammatic point. A Study of Poetry The genius of Latin poetry was fast tending towards the epigram, and these similes are strictly epigrammatic. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius With what a treasure of examples of every virtue and vice, and with what a fund of epigrammatic expression would his memory be furnished! The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization His poems display a remarkable talent for the picturesque, forcible, and epigrammatic. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities The self-consciousness of the writer is less noticeable than in the other works, and the effort to be epigrammatic, short, sharp, and "telling" in style, is considerably modified. Confessions and Criticisms Intellectual readers will always like the epigrammatic "snap" of the couplet, and Spenser will remain, largely because of his choice of stanza, the "poet's poet." A Study of Poetry It was perhaps too epigrammatic, but it may have caught at a fact. Familiar Spanish Travels Lord Monmouth sometimes summed up with an epigrammatic sentence, and turned the conversation by a question, in case it dwelt too much on the same topic. Coningsby In the hands of Lamartine the language, softened and harmonized, loses that clear epigrammatic expression which, before him, had appeared inseparable from French poetry. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities And finally, one is a little startled to hear him say, epigrammatically, that a writer should not have to tell a story, but should have a story to tell. Confessions and Criticisms Some epigrammatic thinker once said, "When you get through, stop!" Business Correspondence Being delivered, moreover, with the epigrammatic precision of philosophical axioms, their effect is infinitely amusing. Horace The apologues of the Greeks and Romans were brief, pithy, and epigrammatic, and their collections were without any principle of connection. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes |
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