In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -- most of them wildly improbable.
Japanese media have suggested that South Korea has allowed the shipment of sensitive chemicals to North Korea, a far-fetched claim but one that could feature in a defence of its export restrictions.
And you look at that one and you say, man, that is the dumbest, that is the most ridiculous, stretch, nonsense I've ever heard to try to attack the admin.
And in March, another judge rejected Judge Gardner's rationale, calling his reasoning that human embryos could be valued and sold as enslaved people once were in Virginia, a strained construction.
By using such conceits, Donne brings together things that are primarily unlike, such as fleas and marriage temples, so that the comparison seems" far-fetched, " " un-poetic, " and novel.