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No expression so terse and yet so striking could dispense with the classicism and the catachresis of "stoically."
A HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATUREGEORGE SAINTSBURYIn this sense the proverb is current by a misuse, or a catachresis at least, of both the words, fortune and fools.
CONFESSIONS OF AN INQUIRING SPIRITSAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEIn this sense the proverb is current by a misuse, or a catachresis at least of both the words, Fortune and Fools.
THE BEST OF THE WORLD'S CLASSICS, VOL. V (OF X) - GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IIIVARIOUSAnd yet, after a vast deal of such like catachresis, the orthodoxy of plagiarism remains still in dispute.
THE CONTINENTAL MONTHLY, VOL. 2, NO 3, SEPTEMBER, 1862VARIOUSIt is true that might be taken by catachresis to designate a chamberlain as functionary of the Oriental Court.
THE APOSTLESERNEST RENANThe hyperbole and catachresis are so nearly related to a bull, that I shall dwell upon them with pleasure.
TALES AND NOVELS, VOLUME 4 (OF 10)MARIA EDGEWORTHLife is attributed to plants, only by a species of metaphor or catachresis.
A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY, VOLUME 7 (OF 10)FRANOIS-MARIE AROUET (AKA VOLTAIRE)You must listen to the definition of a catachresis:—'A catachresis is the boldest of any trope.
TALES AND NOVELS, VOLUME 4 (OF 10)MARIA EDGEWORTHIt is a sort of quaint alteration or catachresis of Possunt quia posse videntur.
A HISTORY OF THE FRENCH NOVEL, VOL. 1GEORGE SAINTSBURYSYNONYM OF THE DAY
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