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  • The ballads, first published in 1892 and 1896, appear in this edition with a selection of Kipling's chastened, bitter "Epitaphs" on World War I, in which he lost his only son.

    Five Best 2008

  • With regard to the number of inscriptions, I quote the following passage from Northcote's "Epitaphs," page 3: "Of Christian inscriptions in Rome, during the first six centuries, de Rossi has studied more than fifteen thousand, the immense majority of which were taken from the catacombs; and he tells us there is still an average yearly addition of about five hundred, derived from the same source.

    Pagan and Christian Rome Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani 1888

  • Epitaphs for the Mubarak government all note that the mobilizing power of the Internet was one of the Egyptian opposition's most potent weapons.

    Egypt Government Found 'Off' Switch For Internet New York Times 2011

  • Epitaphs for the Mubarak government all note that the mobilizing power of the Internet was one of the Egyptian opposition's most potent weapons.

    Egypt Government Found 'Off' Switch For Internet New York Times 2011

  • Epitaphs for the Mubarak government all note that the mobilizing power of the Internet was one of the Egyptian opposition's most potent weapons.

    Egypt Government Found 'Off' Switch For Internet New York Times 2011

  • Epitaphs for the Mubarak government all note that the mobilizing power of the Internet was one of the Egyptian opposition's most potent weapons.

    Egypt Government Found 'Off' Switch For Internet New York Times 2011

  • Epitaphs for the Mubarak government all note that the mobilizing power of the Internet was one of the Egyptian opposition's most potent weapons.

    Egypt Government Found 'Off' Switch For Internet The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Epitaphs for the Mubarak government all note that the mobilizing power of the Internet was one of the Egyptian opposition's most potent weapons.

    Egypt Government Found 'Off' Switch For Internet New York Times 2011

  • Maybe the best to do to get acquainted would be to pick up a collection of late essays, “Truth, Language, and History,” which includes one of my favorites, “A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs.” godoggo says:

    Matthew Yglesias » Influential Books 2010

  • Epitaphs for the Mubarak government all note that the mobilizing power of the Internet was one of the Egyptian opposition s most potent weapons.

    Egypt Government Found 'Off' Switch For Internet New York Times 2011

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