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Definition of Corsives
1. corsive [n] - See also: corsive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corsives
Literary usage of Corsives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1850)
"... From commonwealths and cities, I will descend to families, which have as many
corsives and molestations, as frequent discontents as the rest. ..."
2. History of English Literature by Hippolyte Taine (1897)
"... And burning corsives, on this stubborn breast. Now, by the blood thou hast
incensed, I'll do it! Cdin. Sir, what you please, you may, I am your martyr. ..."
3. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1902)
"... far to'supply antidote to all the bane, as well as to administer the " corsives,"
as they said then, in the mildest and most innocuous way possible. ..."
4. The Rise of Formal Satire in England Under Classical Influence by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1899)
"... praised as a preserver of the ancient tradition, saying: " So old Petronius
Arbiter applied corsives unto the age he did deride : So Horace, Persius, ..."
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