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Show Old-Time Controversies. Old-time controversies were often Ylgorous in language. In a controversy controver-sy with Ml Hon concerning the divine rlgbt of kings Sahnaslus called his opponent op-ponent a puny piece of a man, a bom-unculus, bom-unculus, a dwarf not having a human figure, a bloodless being, a creature of skin and bones, a contemptible pedagogue peda-gogue fit only to flog boys, a rhinoceros, rhinocer-os, a hangdog looking fellow. The great English poet not only answered In kind, but entered Info an extensive correspondence with people In Holland Hol-land to obtain petty gossip and scandalous anecdotes concerning bis opponent. |