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1911
,
James Fitzmaurice-Kelly
, "
Larra, Mariano José de
",
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
:
ministers feared his
vitriolic
pen and courted him assiduously.
1918
,
James E. Homans
editor, "
Springer, Marguerite Warren
" in
The Cyclopædia of American Biography
:
her subtle wit and
vitriolic
satire give zest to her most ordinary conversation.
1920
,
George Edwin Rines
editor, "
Hedin, Sven Anders
",
The Encyclopedia Americana
:
The result was a book entitled ‘A People in Arms’ (Leipzig 1915), in which the author poured out a torrent of
vitriolic
abuse over Great Britain and of fulsome adulation for everything German.
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