| 单词 | anecdotic |
| 例句 | He was absorbed in the handling of his material, not in the lyric, dramatic, anecdotic, or rhetorical elements. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z You see, Julia is like a game of tennis, or a pleasant picture of the anecdotic kind. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Among the artists identified with this movement there was The pre-Raphaelites. little really in common except in impatience of the prevailing modes of empty academic convention or anecdotic frivolity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Be that as it may, I never was accused of relating a garbled, broken, and disjointed tale, and for the honor of my anecdotic powers, I resolved not to do so. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z This, which is known as “Adab literature,” is anecdotic in style with much quotation of early poetry and proverb. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" The success of the plays also brought about an incident famous in French literary history of the anecdotic kind. A Short History of French Literature Another new work is announced by Dumas, called Byron, in which we are promised the biography, love adventures, journeys, and anecdotic history of the great poet. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. I can, it is true, be witty, anecdotic, and agreeable; I can spice conversation with epigram, and illustrate argument by apt example; but my forte is tenderness. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Puns may be divided into different classes; they may be made in different ways, introduced by passing circumstances, or by references to bygone events; they may be thrown in anecdotically, or conundrumwise. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 Mrs. Wharton says somewhere, "All northern art is anecdotic,—it is an ancient ethnological fact that the Goth has always told his story that way." Cathedrals of Spain The anecdotic history, more or less authentic, of the Ettrick Shepherd would fill volumes, and I must try to give some of the cream of it presently. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 The naive, picturesque, and anecdotic illustrations of common life, which are so plentiful in Egypt, are almost completely wanting to the art of Chaldæa. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 But as a novelist he does not seem to me to be of much importance, nor even as a tale-teller, except of the anecdotic kind. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century The attempt provoked derision; but soon subsiding into the oratory natural to him—simple, easy, rapid, anecdotic—he became one of the most formidable of parliamentary speakers. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Even anecdotic etymologies accepted by the most cautious modern authorities do not always inspire complete confidence. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) At the same time biographical and anecdotic details please most people, and if they are not allowed to shoulder out criticism altogether, there can be no harm in them. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 The figures in the former position are religious and supernatural, those in the interior historical and anecdotic. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 And as a writer of personal or anecdotic history, let the reader turn to Voltaire's 'Siècle de Louis Quatorze,' in order to appreciate his extraordinary merit. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 The style is agreeably anecdotic, and the numerous woodcuts are quaint and graphic.'—Globe. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting The usual speech—reminiscent, anecdotic, prophetic of tremendous triumphs, mildly humorous, pathetic. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 1, 1890 Neither of the development of national life, nor of the clash of nations, did he really know anything that was not inessential and anecdotic. Clayhanger But most of our conversation on that pleasant journey, it must be confessed, was personal and anecdotic—fish-stories not excluded. Fighting For Peace Accordingly, at each opportunity, with seeming innocence, I "wiped his eye," as they say at a battue, and certainly reaped the anecdotic "kudos" Mr. So-and-so had cunningly contrived and hoped to achieve for himself. My Life as an Author It can scarcely be said to present the life or character of Lamb in a novel aspect, and even the anecdotic material in which it abounds does not appear altogether fresh. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics In the Renaissance painters, on the other hand, with their descriptive preoccupations, their literary and anecdotic interests, he could see nothing but vulgarity and muddle. Art The anecdotic life of Herschel, however, is now closed. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Its sentiments are more broadly human, and the programme that Strauss has followed never loses itself in picturesque or anecdotic details, but is planned on expressive and noble lines. Musicians of To-Day In discussing catastrophes, the Duke indulges in statements, partly scientific, partly anecdotic, which appear to me to be somewhat misleading. Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays Her importance is thus very great: and it only wanted the proverbial or anecdotic "That!" to make it much greater. The English Novel This portion of the "Koran," interesting and anecdotic as it is, is the least satisfactory of the work, and shows the writer in his true ignorance, and disregard for historic verification. Sacred Books of the East As time goes on, he becomes more and more anecdotically experienced, and, if possible, even less actual. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 16, 1890 The old appear in conversation in two characters: the critically silent and the garrulous anecdotic. Memories and Portraits "Comrades," the first play in the present volume, belongs to the same momentous creative period as "The Father" and "Countess Julie," although there is little anecdotic history attaching to this vigorous comedy. Plays: Comrades; Facing Death; Pariah; Easter Even of anecdotic history very little attaches to it. Little Eyolf He has had rather an anecdotic history—gone rather deep into pleasures, I fancy, lazy as he is. Daniel Deronda He was gracefully anecdotic; he allowed one to perceive a fine enthusiasm. The Crown of Life The second class of old people are not anecdotic; they are rather hearers than talkers, listening to the young with an amused and critical attention. Memories and Portraits As usual, she began to talk very loud, at first with innocent vulgarity; exciting a little laughter, she became anecdotic and very scandalous. The Odd Women We need not, therefore, look for a definite prototype of Hedda; but Dr. Brandes shows that two of that lady's exploits were probably suggested by the anecdotic history of the day. Hedda Gabler This is the famous Giorgio Vasari, a bad painter and worse architect, but dear to all lovers of the arts for his anecdotic work upon Italian artists. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Pemberton laughed in the manner and with the borrowed grace of idiom that marked the best colloquial, the best anecdotic, moments of his friends themselves. The Pupil |
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