Read full poem →Gosson, in the year 1579, published a book, intitled.
The School of Abuse, or, A pleasant Invective against
Poets , Pipers , Players , Jesters, and such like Cater-
Dictionary Entry
An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
Origin
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Common Phrases
against invective. invectiveinvective bitterinvective personal
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Poetry examples for “invective”
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Read full poem →-was the celebrated Jeremy Collier, who, in l6t)7,
published a book, Containing a severe invective agnjnst
actingof plays, the profligacy of the performers, and the
Read full poem →Nor draw the quill to write for Bob;[36]
Fraught with invective they ne’er go
To folks at Paternoster Row:
Read full poem →probably added fire to his attacks, but the satires show more than
personal animus. The force of the invective, the keenness of the wit,
and the fervor of the imagination which they displayed, rendered them an
Read full poem →for the bitterness of its three predecessors. But the
palinode has more mischief in it than the invective,
and the mischief is more pronounced in the quaintly