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- noun Alternative form of
epopee .
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Examples
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That experience fills up the measure of your qualifications for the epopea!
The Antiquary 1845
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That experience fills up the measure of your qualifications for the epopea!
The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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That experience fills up the measure of your qualifications for the epopea!
The Antiquary — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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I shall enter into no discussion on the nature of the epopea, nor attempt to prove by any latitude of reasoning that I have written an Epic Poem.
The Columbiad Joel Barlow 1783
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Lutrin, the Rape of the Lock, the Dispensary and the Dunciad, cannot be parallelled by any works that the wittiest of the ancients can boast of: for, by assuming the form of the epopea, they have acquired
Essays on Wit No. 2 Richard Flecknoe 1639
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That experience fills up the measure of your qualifications for the epopea!
The Antiquary 1584
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