epigrammatic

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Epigrams.—There is a list of books connected with Epigrammatic Literature appended to The Epigrammatists, by the Rev. Philip Dodd. 8vo.

From How to Form a Library, 2nd ed by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin

Epigrammatic poetry reached its highest development in the 10th and 11th centuries, in the productions of Johannes Geometres, Christophorus of Mytilene and John Mauropus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

Epigrammatic moral maxims, scraps of biography, nodules of a sort of political economy, bits of history, rules of etiquette, and a great variety of other subjects, are commingled without plan, symmetry, or progress of thought.

From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.

Epigrammatic strictures and winged words barbed with stinging satire indicated the feelings of the many.

From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph

"You've got plenty of money, and plenty of houses now to play the fool in, but in the interests of the public—" "Epigrammatic," said the King, shaking his finger sadly at him.

From The Napoleon of Notting Hill by Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham)