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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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In modern usage, is a neat, witty, and pointed utterance briefly couched in verse form, usually satiric, and reserving its sting to the last line; sometimes made the vehicle of a quaintly-turned compliment, as, for example, in Pope's couplet to Chesterfield, when asked to write something with that nobleman's pencil;—

"Accept a miracle; instead of wit,
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Epigram'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​e/epigram.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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