Anecdotes

Examples

• In the midst of the jollity produced by good cigars, good wine, and passable anecdotes, the landlord presented his bill. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He had a thousand anecdotes about the famous battles; he knew the position of every regiment and the loss which each had incurred. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Little Mr. Perker came out wonderfully, told various comic stories, and sang a serious song which was almost as funny as the anecdotes. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I could not have hoped to entertain you with Irish anecdotes during a ten miles' drive. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It is possible to employ it as a kind of reservoir of anecdotes to be drawn on to inculcate special moral lessons on this virtue or that vice. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Is any man insane enough to imagine that this picnic of patriarchs sang, made love, danced, laughed, told anecdotes, dealt in ungodly levity? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They gossiped together over the corpse, related anecdotes, with embellishments of her lingering decline, and its real or supposed cause. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He was storing his memory with anecdotes and noble names. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The new visitor was very talkative, and the number of his anecdotes was only to be exceeded by the extent of his politeness. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• DEAR SON,--I have ever had a pleasure in obtaining any little anecdotes of my ancestors. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• This, sir,' replied Silas, adjusting his spectacles, and referring to the title-page, 'is Merryweather's Lives and Anecdotes of Misers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It seems that he had heard some curious anecdotes about Sergeant Cuff, from his father's lawyer, during his stay in London. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Rawdon, with roars of laughter, related a dozen amusing anecdotes of his duns, and Rebecca's adroit treatment of them. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Pray, madam, shall I tell you some little anecdotes about my Lady Bareacres, your mamma? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I heard him, too, in the warm evenings, lecturing with open doors, and his name, with anecdotes of him, resounded in ones ears from all sides. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Certainly, Sir, certainly--hundred more anecdotes of the same animal. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Have the goodness to reserve your anecdotes till they are called for. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

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