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See also:ANECDOTE (from av-, privative, and isSLSwµu, to give out or publish) , a word originally meaning something not published . It has now two distinct significations . The See also:primary one is something not published, in which sense it has been used to denote either See also:secret histories—See also:Procopius, e.g., gives this as one of the titles of his secret See also:history of Justinian's See also:court—or portions of See also:ancient writers which have remained See also:long in See also:manuscript and are edited for the first See also:time . Of such anecdota there are many collections; the earliest was probably L . A . See also:Muratori's, in 1709 . In the more See also:general and popular acceptation of the word, however, anecdotes are See also:short accounts of detached interesting particulars . Of such anecdotes the collections are almost See also:infinite; the best in many respects is that compiled by T . Byerley (d . 1826) and J . See also:Clinton See also:Robertson (d . 1852), known as the See also:Percy Anecdotes (1820-1823) .
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