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epigrammatical

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Here is an example of this epigrammatical quality from On Photography: The primitive notion of the efficacy of images presumes that images possess the qualities of real things, but our inclination is to attribute to real things the qualities of an image.
Against photography: Susan Sontag and the violent image by Sorensen, Sue / Afterimage
But no one could match the young man's charismatic presence, his gift for rhyming epigrammatical oratory, and his ability to win concessions from powerful business and political interests.
Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson by Page, Clarence / Washington Monthly
 
 
 
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