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Definition of Memes
1. meme [n] - See also: meme
Lexicographical Neighbors of Memes
Literary usage of Memes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1835)
"Works of Cowper, by JOHN S. memes, LL..D. Vol.1. ... Mr. memes has passed over
a very delicate portion of Cowper's history—. that relating to the rupture ..."
2. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1826)
"To communicate useful information in a simple and concise way is not the excellence
of Mr. memes. The polished graces of Canova's marbles have seduced his ..."
3. Mixed Essays by Matthew Arnold (1880)
"It is a good direction given by ourselves to our hearts and consciences;—une
bonne direction donn'ee par nous-memes d nos ..."
4. The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated by John Colin Dunlop (1816)
"... on auroit toujours vu perir dans mes tragedies non seulement les prin- cipaux
personnages mais les gardes memes; J' au- rois ..."
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