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Definition of Stories
1. story [v] - See also: story
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stories
Literary usage of Stories
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public School Methods (1916)
"stories which are fundamentally dramatic break up naturally into acts ... But not
all stories dramatic in structure are suited to dramatization in school. ..."
2. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"... and stories are so dark, They know not how, by them, to find his mark. One may,
I think, say, both his laughs and cries May well be guess'd at by his ..."
3. The Lighter Side of School Life by Ian Hay (1920)
"CHAPTER VI SCHOOL stories ONE of the most striking features of the present-day
cult of The Child is the fact that whereas school stories were formerly ..."
4. Teaching Geography by Problems by Edward Ehrlich Smith (1921)
"stories and literature.—The mode in common practice in public schools to-day
reveals the fact that initial instruction in geography consists in storytelling ..."
5. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"Frederick told droll stories, and was quite gay. Making their way through the
Rue Duphot, they reached the boulevards. Venetian lanterns hanging from the ..."