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Invective (from
Middle English invectif, or Old
French and Late
Latin invectus) is abusive, or
insulting language used to
express blame or censure; or...
- the
Thesaurus of
Scales and
Melodic Patterns and the
Lexicon of
Musical Invective, and
edited Baker's
Biographical Dictionary of Musicians.
Slonimsky was...
- "
Invective Against Swans" is a poem by
Wallace Stevens from his
first book of poetry,
Harmonium (1923).
Invective against Swans The soul, O ganders, flies...
- The
Lexicon of
Musical Invective is an
American musicological work by
Nicolas Slonimsky. It was
first published in 1953, and a second, revised, and expanded...
- well-nigh
infamous even in his own time for his fierce,
sometimes obscene,
invectives against faithless friends (e.g.,
Catullus 12,
Catullus 16, and Catullus...
- posted, or otherwise) is a form of har****ment,
usually consisting of
invective and
potentially intimidating or
threatening comments towards the recipient...
- the form of a
comparison with
another person, an epilogue, or a prayer.
Invective opposes commonplace. It
attacks a specific,
named individual, usually...
-
abolitionist Republican from M****achusetts. The
attack was in
retaliation for an
invective-laden
speech given by
Sumner two days
earlier in
which he
fiercely criticized...
- In Gr**** mythology,
Broteas (Ancient Gr****: Βροτέας), a hunter, was the son of
Tantalus (by Dione, Euryan****a or Eurythemista),
whose other offspring were...
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laments the
state of
society and its
morals in a
serious tone of
sustained invective, and
always contains a
prophecy of society's
imminent downfall. Generally...
