The Book of Insults Ancient & Modern: An Amiable History of Insult, Invective, Imprecation & Incivility (literary, Political & Historical) Hurled Through the Ages & Compiled as a Public ServiceBarnes & Noble, 1978 - Invective |
Contents
Foreword | 7 |
The land God gave to Cain | 83 |
Of the badness of the government | 109 |
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