anecdotic

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Another new work is announced by Dumas, called Byron, in which we are promised the biography, love adventures, journeys, and anecdotic history of the great poet.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by

The usual speech—reminiscent, anecdotic, prophetic of tremendous triumphs, mildly humorous, pathetic.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 1, 1890 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

The anecdotic history, more or less authentic, of the Ettrick Shepherd would fill volumes, and I must try to give some of the cream of it presently.

From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George

At the same time biographical and anecdotic details please most people, and if they are not allowed to shoulder out criticism altogether, there can be no harm in them.

From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George

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