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12) 56005. Stevens, Wallace. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...said, is composedOf the external world. ATTRIBUTION:Wallace Stevens (1879-1955), U.S. poet. "Anecdote of Men by the Thousand."...
13) yarn. Roget s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
...Informal. An entertaining and often oral account of a real or fictitious occurrence: anecdote, fable, story, tale. Informal : tall tale. See WORDS....
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...firecat bristled in the way. ATTRIBUTION:Wallace Stevens (1879-1955), U.S. poet. Earthy Anecdote (l. 1-3). Collected Poems [Stevie Smith]. James MacGibbon, ed....
15) 56008. Stevens, Wallace. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...sleep fallsIn the innocent air. ATTRIBUTION:Wallace Stevens (1879-1955), U.S. poet. "Anecdote of the Prince of Peacocks."...
16) §8. Folk-Tales. XXXII. Non-English Writings II. Vol. 18. Later National
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...There was an apt anecdote like that for every occasion, or if there was not, somebody made one on the spot. This quick facility for noting resemblances, and the play...
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...slovenly wildernessSurround that hill. ATTRIBUTION:Wallace Stevens (1879-1955), U.S. poet. Anecdote of the Jar (l. 1-4). Collected Poems [Stevie Smith]. James MacGibbon,...
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...element of that placeMade visible. ATTRIBUTION:Wallace Stevens (1879-1955), U.S. poet. "Anecdote of Men by the Thousand."...
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...powder dry! 1 ATTRIBUTION: Oliver s Advice. 1834. Note 1. There is a well-authenticated anecdote of Cromwell. On a certain occasion, when his troops were about to...
20) Notes to The Story of Griselda By Boccaccio. Matthews, Brander. 1907. The
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...Italians call the novella and which might vary in length from a mere repartee, a simple anecdote, to a more elaborate narrative, having almost plot enough for a full-blown...
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