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_ecphrasis_) which is so common in the Greek Romances.— A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800
There is much hard fighting with Thomyris, who on one occasion wishes to come to actual sword-play with Cyrus, and of whom we have the liveliest _ecphrasis_, or set description, in the whole romance.— A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800

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