After this episodic existence among the Greeks, there is no mention of anything like intubation of the larynx until about the beginning of the nineteenth century.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh
The more individual and anthropomorphic the gods, the more local and episodic will be the account of their affairs.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry
The "off"-branches of Tristram and Percivale, and not a few of the still more episodic romances of adventures concerning Gawain, Iwain, and other knights, receive attention.
"The English Novel"
George Saintsbury