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Definition of Epitaphs
1. epitaph [n] - See also: epitaph
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epitaphs
Literary usage of Epitaphs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1864)
"epitaphs ancient and modern in four Parts. 8vo. epitaphs (a booke of) made on
the death of Sir Wra. Buttes. Imp. by Myd- dleton, 1583,16mo. Reed, 6835, 15s. ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The comparatively few English epitaphs that remain of the i ith and ... In the
i3th century French began to be used in writing epitaphs, and most of the ..."
3. Guide to Printed Books and Manuscripts Relating to English and Foreign by Gatfield, George (1892)
"A Collection of epitaphs and Inscriptions in various parts of England, and
particularly from the ... epitaphs in various Counties, collected by Ant. à Wood. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In classifying epitaphs various principles of division may be adopted. Arranged
according to nationality they indicate distinctions of race less clearly ..."
5. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1821)
"epitaphs. THERE is a humble, unpretending kind of poetry, limited in its subject
... In the course of a long and busy life, I have read many epitaphs in ..."
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