Definitionadj. constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic
Last update: October 10, 2015
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The Poem of the Cid is but a fragment of 3744 lines, written in a barbarous style, in rugged assonant rhymes, and a rude Alexandrine measure, but it glows with the pure fire of poetry, and is full of a noble simplicity and a true epical grandeur, invaluable as a living picture of the age. [Please select]
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” The lieutenants of Lord Raglan in the Crimea have long since passed away, but in artistic epical presentment they retain their place around him. [Please select]
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The odyssey of the coal that was lifted high out of ships on the tide beyond, to fall ultimately into the furnaces within, scarcely touched by the hand-wielded shovel, was by itself epical. [Please select]
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The conch of the warrior Pâṇḍavâs in the _Mahâbhâratam_, and the famous horn of Orlando (which comes from the golden horn of Odin), are epical reminiscences of thunder. [Please select]
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The hour of day which the French indicate by the expressive phrase _entre chien et loup_, is the great epical hour of the fox, which partakes of the nature of the domestic dog and the savage wolf. [Please select]
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"It is impossible to think of any person or class of people in America that these epical lyrics, these laughter-fetching, tear-provoking ballads will fail to please." [Please select]
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