21) 22674. Forster, E.M. (Edward Morgan). The Columbia World of Quotations.
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...Morgan) Forster (1879-1970), British novelist, essayist. Riposte of "that old lady in the anecdote who was accused by her nieces of being illogical," in "The Plot,"...
22) fable. Roget s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
...REAL, RELIGION. 3. An entertaining and often oral account of a real or fictitious occurrence: anecdote, story, tale. Informal : tall tale, yarn. See WORDS....
23) Roosevelt, Theodore. 1916. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open: III. The
Hopi Snake-Dance
...also met all sorts and conditions of white men. One of the latter, by the way, related an anecdote which delighted me because of its unexpected racial implications....
24) 30448. James, Henry. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...James Dec. 2, 1915, when he had his first stroke, at the beginning of his last illness. The anecdote has a convoluted lineage, reported by Wharton as told to her...
25) 1593. Benjamin Franklin (1706-90). Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of
Quotations. 1989
...notes were first published in The American Historical Review, vol. 11, 1906, and the anecdote on p. 618 reads: "A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we...
26) Biographical Sketch
...and he especially enjoyed the ruse of a disguise. A single childish answer survives in the anecdote that when he set the fagot-stack on fire and was rebuked, he explained...
27) Notes to The Shot By Alexander Pushkin. Matthews, Brander. 1907. The
Short-Story
...under the influence of Byron. This story was published in 1830. STORY NOTE This is an anecdote, rather than a true short-story, although it deals with a theme admirably...
28) 62195. Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens], Mark. The Columbia World of
Quotations. 1996
...enables a whole nation to instantly recognize point and meaning in the familiar newspaper anecdote, which puts into the mouth of a distinguished speculator in lands...
29) 33016. Konrad, George. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...survival have become ridiculous. And so forty years of our lives have become a story, a bad anecdote. But it may be possible to remember these adventures with a kind...
30) 6410. Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield Disraeli. 1804-1881. Bartlett, John,
comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.
...never tell. 1 ATTRIBUTION: Endymion. Chap. lxxxi. Note 1. See Johnson, page 370. An anecdote is related of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper (1621–1683), who, in speaking...
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