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Definition of Apothegms
1. apothegm [n] - See also: apothegm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apothegms
Literary usage of Apothegms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1885)
"The Golden apothegms of King Charles I and Henry ... These were all taken from
a book entitled ' Witty apothegms delivered at several times and upon several ..."
2. Remains Concerning Britain by William Camden (1870)
"... feem to glean from the one, or prevent the other.1 GRAVE SPEECHES AND WITTY
apothegms OF WORTHY PERSONAGES OK THIS REALM IN FORMER TIMES.2 years fince, ..."
3. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"It differs from ordinary books of classical quotations—first, in being more
strictly limited to proverbs and apothegms ; next, in a free rather than a ..."
4. The Chinese Repository edited by Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Willaims (1836)
"Armenian apothegms: sophistry; misfortune; irresolution; ignorance; art uj
teaching, фс. From a Correspondent. THE sophisticated arguments of the sceptics ..."
5. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... and spared his words as if they were of value ; and to make them appear so,
he spoke in apothegms. "Beady, sure enough, and willing too ! ..."
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