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Harsh Words
Mencken, H. L. | May 7, 1930 issue

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The article focuses on the book "An Anthology of Invective and Abuse" by the author Hugh Kingsmill. Kingsmill has done his work here with great competence. Kingsmill's selections include all the more celebrated English philippics, his notes set forth adequately the circumstances which brought them forth, and he chooses discreetly when it is necessary to isolate the essential from the nonessential. All persons with any trace of malice in them--which is to say, all persons not immersed in Trappist monasteries--will rejoice in this handy compendium.

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ANTHOLOGY of Invective & Abuse, An (Book); BOOKS; KINGSMILL, Hugh; INVECTIVE; ANTHOLOGIES; LITERATURE -- Collections
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