anecdotic

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It can scarcely be said to present the life or character of Lamb in a novel aspect, and even the anecdotic material in which it abounds does not appear altogether fresh.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various

Even of anecdotic history very little attaches to it.

From Little Eyolf by Archer, William

The success of the plays also brought about an incident famous in French literary history of the anecdotic kind.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

He was absorbed in the handling of his material, not in the lyric, dramatic, anecdotic, or rhetorical elements.

From Unicorns by Huneker, James

Molly Ryan, the one sole domestic servant who accompanied the Luttrells, being of an uncommunicative temper, contributed no anecdotic details of in-door life to stimulate interest and keep curiosity alive.

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James