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in Vindication of One Arch-Deacon (and Consequently of All) from the Scurrilous and Groundless Invectives Against Him referred to him. ”Some account of

speak, Kunz was denied permits in 1947 and 1948 after he was accused of “scurrilous attacks” on Catholics and Jews under a previous permit. Kunz was arrested

innocence thus, So that her nakedness is near, Or that she will pause at scurrilous words? Poor buffo! Look at the lavender And look your last and look steadily

essays, reviews, and satirical engravings. It has been described as "often scurrilous" and "ultra-Tory" and was a vocal element of the British Anti-Jacobin

the sale of government bonds. It forbade the use of "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the United States government, its flag, or

Child)[citation needed] – called "The Ballad of Persse O'Reilly", described as a "scurrilous rann against H. C. Earwicker, which recounts the All-Father's fall from

She was forced to call off her campaign after opposition parties ran a "scurrilous poster campaign". Premadasa is the mother of Sajith Premadasa, current

which they also state, "wee have purged our stages of all obscene and scurrilous jests". It was unclear to contemporary audiences whether the intent of

"publicly endorsed the propaganda efforts of Gerald L. K. Smith," whose scurrilous publication The Cross and the Flag "violently assailed the United States

One commentator called him "an able mathematician but a most vulgar and scurrilous dog." Burrow was born at Hoberley, near Shadwell, Leeds. His father, a

the Dissenter interest. In the same market as The Lancet, it was less scurrilous and at 6d. competed on price. The journal closed down shortly after its

Mikhail Dondukov-Korsakov is best remembered by virtue of Pushkin's scurrilous epigram ridiculing his homosexual relationship with Count Uvarov. His

"rayoshniks". When used as the title for a piece of music, rayok implies a scurrilous entertainment, as in: Rayok, an extended song by Modest Mussorgsky also

named Berterus; he took his revenge by contriving the recitation of a scurrilous jingle at the papal curia, thus effectively 'outing' the archbishop (and

more distinguished himself by his writings which were bold, licentious, scurrilous, and produced much controversy. This controversial and satiric writer

Short however had not changed his views, saying of them: "These were scurrilous documents; quite disgraceful". Debates on the grammar school Critical

in early nineties, thanks to the cover of parodic goliardic and often scurrilous songs of dance music. He had been for almost fifteen years (1999 to 2008

writers and cartoonists Jon Link and Mick Bunnage. Renowned for their scurrilous humour and highly stylised animation, it was created in 2004, initially

have been doing the rounds in Westminster for a while, written up in a scurrilous style. But the website has never appeared, so it’s hard to see what it

witch-hunt) by Sulla, an optimate in power. Forever after Caesar had to endure scurrilous optimate slander about his relationship to Nicomedes, but Bithynia became

opposition to Sixtus' policies, and for anecdotes that would be certainly scurrilous if they are untrue. Infessura became entangled in the conspiracy of Stefano

edition was published on 2 June 1846. The paper soon became known for its scurrilous abuse and sarcasm, and by 1853, after he had lost a series of libel lawsuits

pretentious and concerned with the impractical. Revealing his "bawdy, scurrilous side," Franklin responded with an essay suggesting that research and practical

initially, but wrongly suspected of being the author of the notoriously scurrilous "Juverna" letters, whose publication caused a major political scandal

gold sovereigns; The old villagers wore gold strapped to their bellies A scurrilous story was spread by the residents of the neighbouring village of Crawley

of the king and lent support to a traitor, Rudolf. Although the most scurrilous accusations are rejected by modern scholarship, not all of the accusations

(c. 1405 – 1438), a pupil of the humanist Francesco Filelfo, wrote the scurrilous deadpan satiric dialogue on the papal curia, De curiae commodis (1438)

Copie of a Leter wryten by a Master of Arts of Cambrige) (1584) is a scurrilous book that circulated in Elizabethan England and attacked Queen Elizabeth

to quote from anonymous English imitators. He concludes by denouncing scurrilous romances about Arthur and Huon of Bordeaux. Collier, in the Poetical Decameron

writer for The Guardian, called the book "racy, pacy and crammed with scurrilous anecdotes", saying: "Elton makes fun of no one more than himself. He is

ranges from very pious vernacular writings such as the Biblical Epic to scurrilous fabliaux in which biblical figures make an appearance. It includes most

one of the proprietors of the Satirist, or Monthly Meteor, a venture in scurrilous literature, issued monthly, with a view, it was claimed, to the exposure

Toss is a British comic by Jon Link and Mick Bunnage. Renowned for their scurrilous humour and highly stylised animation, it was created in 2004, initially

and disgust." Beales became exasperated by the disruptive effect the scurrilous attacks were having on the Reform movement and resented the need to refute

Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 January 2014. Bell, Jane. 'An Extremely Scurrilous Paper': The Cornwall Chronicle: 1835-47 (PDF) (MHum Thesis). University

Officers who are Princes on account of the radical attacks of low papers and scurrilous ones". However, Louis welcomed assignments that provided opportunities

Rosenthal was dead, White was free to attribute anything she wished—however scurrilous or hateful—to the onetime Javits aide." Sabena Flight 571 hijacking El

paper's editorial tone was variously described as satirical, cynical, and "scurrilous and obscene". The historian L. G. Wickham Legg wrote of Les Actes, "The

writing a letter in 1996 which described the allegations of abuse as scurrilous and scandalous which angered abuse victims at the time. When questioned

independently proven. The "Recollections" are highly personal and include scurrilous portraits of both families and individuals. Sir William Wilde suggested

the absence of the current post-holder. His reputation was marred by a scurrilous memoir by Alexandre Exquemelin, a former Flemish shipmate of Morgan's

described by twentieth-century author W. Hawkins Ferry as a "vindictive, scurrilous misanthrope" who attempted to intimidate his business competitors and

riot, saying the Judges' response to the riot is "putting the lie to scurrilous rumours of massive judicial corruption in Sector 301 – aka 'The Pit'!

nine-month suspended sentence and a £500 fine for publishing the "most scurrilous profanity" which portrayed the sexual love of a Roman centurion for the

ordered to leave by the office manager and says that the company made "scurrilous allegations" about his actions at work. On 12 April 2016, Benzies started

vice-president in 1551, and was five times vice-chancellor of the university. Scurrilous Puritans said he had once been the homosexual lover of John Whitgift,

Later that year, PTP was charged with "publishing immoral, indecent and scurrilous material" because of an issue of The Body Politic which included Gerald

Criminal Code with "use of the mails to distribute immoral, indecent or scurrilous material". The case reached trial on January 2, 1979, with prosecution

Originally, gentle and compassionate, Hatchett would later become a more scurrilous and scalding disciplinarian, intent on teaching young people a lesson

had been a firm friend of Hervey, replied with A Proper Reply to a late Scurrilous Libel, and the quarrel resulted in a duel from which Hervey narrowly escaped

In 2009, he published a book, Dancing with the Devil, which contains scurrilous anecdotes about his tenure at Puff Daddy's label Bad Boy Records. Mark

heavily critical of the Evangelical movement. It has been described as a "scurrilous" critique of Low church Evangelical Anglicanism, often referred to in

specifically to the mythic motif of one-handedness. The scene for this scurrilous episode is set by the account in the Avesta of the reign of Taxma Urupi

Society?. New York: Harper. OCLC 419736. Wilkes, Roger (2003). Scandal: a Scurrilous History of Gossip. London: Atlantic. ISBN 978-1-903809-82-2. "The Opening

be the actual author (who was in fact Pierre Du Moulin). Milton used scurrilous gossip against Morus; scholars have decided that his sources of the scandal

2017-09-23. Ostler, Rosemarie (2011-09-06). Slinging Mud: Rude Nicknames, Scurrilous Slogans, and Insulting Slang from ... - Rosemarie Ostler - Google Books

Sportive Wit, or the Muses' Merriment for its "scandalous, lascivious, scurrilous, and profane matter". May 9 – Choice Drollery, Songs, and Sonnets is ordered

word may be related to Iambe, a Greek minor goddess of verse, especially scurrilous, ribald humour. In ancient Greece iambus was mainly satirical poetry,

amended. On 1 May 2021 the court quashed his complaint describing it as "scurrilous" and rejected his application for bail. Pearce was ultimately given a

feet. Ultimately, Lucy and McTeague fall in love, but not before the scurrilous Roy re-enters her life. Lucille Ball as Lucy Allan Lane as McTeague Steffi

tell you what it's really like" SFGate.com Retrieved November 29, 2007 "Scurrilous: Chicago's No. 1 Couch Potato". Chicago Sun-Times. September 27, 2007

2019). "Island of Dreams, review: Richard Branson makes an easy target in scurrilous sitcom". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 January 2019. Richard Goulding at

Christian-Jewish reconciliation, Father Edward H. Flannery, is representative: This scurrilous fable of the life of Jesus is a medieval work, probably written down in

Brockes in The Guardian was described by its subject Noam Chomsky as a "scurrilous piece of journalism". The Guardian later withdrew the article from the

expectations, however, he discovers that he must make ends meet by writing scurrilous theater reviews and ends up beholden to the world of low-brow journalism

of Michigan and a Campus Watch target, accused the journal of making "scurrilous attacks on people". In 2014, Christopher A. Bail of Duke University described

Troilus and Cressida (1602) in which he is described as "a deformed and scurrilous Grecian" and portrayed as a comic servant, in the tradition of the Shakespearean

inflammatory, and devoid of logic" (Paragraph 4), and "[d]espite the apparently scurrilous nature of most of these allegations," (Paragraph 16), sanctions were not

his honor to defend her, on an occasion when a tough employee makes a scurrilous remark, the boy strikes him, knocking him down. Jane sees the fight although

mentioned that a certain Bartolomeo Cristofori, accused of distributing scurrilous poems attacking Caravaggio's detested rival Baglione, had been a servant

ISBN 978-0-7864-4181-5. OCLC 277136414. Wilkes, Roger (2002). Scandal : a scurrilous history of gossip. London: Atlantic. ISBN 1-903809-63-0. OCLC 50434290

thrived "less upon its racing news than upon its profusion of coarse and scurrilous scraps of tittle-tattle, representing 'society journalism' in its most

(Ezra Reuben Baker), recognizably aesthetic in paint-smeared dungarees, scurrilous red sweater and combat boots. He trundles a cart filled with paint buckets

celebrated libel case of Bruce v. Grady, which arose from the publication of a scurrilous poem called "The Nosegay", written by a barrister Thomas Grady about his

379 pages, and the separate books number 8,155; it sold for £2,210. A scurrilous pamphlet, entitled 'The Battle between Dr. Farmer and Peter Musgrave,

the Quest for Harmony, the author Anthony Parel termed Singh's book as "scurrilous", "crude bias", and "deplorable ignorance". United States Congressman

Collection of Wilson's columns and articles in Charlie Hebdo (In English). The scurrilous lies written about Charlie Hebdo, The Guardian The solace of an Australian

regarded as conclusive, although Isaac Vossius published an angry and scurrilous reply to it in the appendix to his edition of Pomponius Mela. In 1689

purporting to be translated from Italian. Its satire of the Whigs is so scurrilous that the author is detained for questioning from October 29 to November

bystanders in infamous performances, with indecent gestures and with scurrilous and unchaste words. The goliards used sacred sources such as texts from

Socinianism and Quakerism," an accusation to which Fowler replied in a scurrilous pamphlet entitled Dirt Wip'd Off. He also published, in 1693, Twenty-Eight

Phormophoroi ("Mat-Carriers") Hermippus also appears to have written scurrilous iambic poems after the manner of Archilochus. Other types of works written

most historians, and there is no documented instance. It is probably a scurrilous legend based on the existence of two ancient stone chairs with holes in

Pasquinate". Copies in private daybooks have preserved some that were too scurrilous to print. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pasquino. "The Statue

unanimous condemnation of the recent number of The Yellow Journal as scurrilous and indecent in the extreme." In 1986, The Yellow Journal, or "YJ", was

weeks. Coppell said that the transfer window breeds panic and encourages "scurrilous" transfer activity adding that "I cannot see the logic in a transfer window

publications containing a most scurrilous attack on the Prophet Muhammed [...] whose pamphlet "Rangila Rasul", containing a scurrilous attack on the Prophet of

The Medal, Shadwell became the champion of the Protestants and made a scurrilous attack on Dryden in The Medal of John Bayes: a Satire against Folly and

their crooks and thieves, gives them their titles and honors vulgar and scurrilous) forces him to follow her nephew Angelo which instead become bad and cheat

being employed), and a zap at the New York Daily News, which printed a scurrilous editorial attacking "queers, lezzies, pansies, call them what you will

The British Apollo. OCLC 669887531. Wilkes, Roger (2002). Scandal : a scurrilous history of gossip. London: Atlantic. pp. 31–35. ISBN 1-903809-63-0. OCLC 50434290

having a spondee as the last foot, a meter originally appropriated to scurrilous verse. The style is extremely good, the expression being terse and pointed

dirtbag left", before explaining that he sees the dirtbag left as a "scurrilous and funny approach to left-wing politics" that contrasts "utterly humorless

harshly because they had scurrilously abused Caecilia from the walls." In another passage, Plutarch specified that the scurrilous abuse against Sulla and

biggest hit in the late 1960s with "Cod Liver Oil and the Orange Juice", a scurrilous and hilarious take on the American gospel standard "Virgin Mary Had a

Magazine after he wrote and tried to publish "a poem containing a concealed scurrilous phrase aimed at a well-known person", namely Nicholas Murray Butler.[citation

dialogues and lampoons, full of humour and erudition, but coarse and scurrilous. His writings have a certain value for the knowledge they display of low

to 20 years' imprisonment for those publishing "... disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States

startup that first reported the remarks. The church said the article was a “scurrilous attack” and that it had a “seditious tendency”. It also said the article

Potter, and from internal evidence can be dated to around 1755. It was scurrilous, blasphemous, libellous, and bawdy, though not pornographic – still unquestionably

and men, and the matter became so serious that the law intervened and scurrilous personalities were forbidden by the Twelve Tables (Cicero, De re publica

performances, calling Peter's change back to "the secretive, bitter, scurrilous character he was before the series started" a "wrenching daring move on

Carpenter described the Grillos' claims about Lawson's drug use as "totally scurrilous" and Lawson's spokesman declined to comment, "as the proceedings are still

unfavorable article, and the Freimänner's Hochwächter started printing scurrilous articles calling him the "Butcher of Bologna". The nativist Know-Nothing

anonymous letters starts being delivered to village homes, containing scurrilous allegations about the recipients and their families. Upstanding and respectable

denied that he had threatened her, stating that the allegations were "scurrilous, crude and filthy". Knowles initially did not comment, but in September

Lowndes, who omits all mention of Baker under his name, describes as a 'scurrilous periodical paper.' After 1709 all reference to Baker ceases. M/s 39B101

actress Susanna Cox whom he married in about 1715. Alexander Pope wrote a scurrilous couplet in reference: To P—l—r's bed no actress comes amiss He courts

considers Latin satteles "as one of our securest Etruscan loans in Latin." scurrilous Serge (first name) serve the word serve derives from Latin servire ('to

1964. It became popular for students to deface these figures, often with scurrilous doodles and thought balloons. The major difference between Pee-Chees and

Counter-Revolutionary Violence, which Sarnoff described as "a pack of lies, a scurrilous attack on respected Americans, undocumented, a publication unworthy of

gathered those gentlemen of no profession at all and circulated their scurrilous epigrams and satires, and criticized the latest productions on stage or

arch-rival who delights in sabotaging Miyuki with cruel practical jokes and scurrilous rumours. She portrays herself as a cute and innocent victim of Miyuki's

circulates widely through the corridors of power." – Roger Wilkes, Scandal: A Scurrilous History of Gossip (2002) Evening Standard Greenslade, Roy (9 January 2014)

26 issues had proved lively and eccentric indeed, filled with polemic, scurrilous personal attacks, political essays and drawings from some of the leading

knowledge. This is the first verse of The Masque of B-ll—l (1880), a scurrilous undergraduate production in 40 verses satirising Balliol figures. It was

くち-ぎたな-い kuchi + kitana-i → kuchigitana-i ("mouth" + "dirty" → "foulmouthed; scurrilous") た-ち + とま-る → た-ち-どま-る ta-chi + toma-ru → ta-chi-doma-ru ("standing;

Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom, said the film took "large, ... sometimes scurrilous, liberties with historical facts." In particular, he stated the movie

2022) devoid of honour (1960) joker in the house (1960) ignoramus (1961) scurrilous (1961) to hell with Parliament attitude (1961) trained seal (1961) evil

Andreotti, related that upon seeing the film "he was angry, calling it scurrilous". A few days later, Franco wrote that Andreotti joked cynically: "I'm

attempt at flight. The tone of the poem is consistently humorous and scurrilous. Passages of fanciful fiction are mixed with elements of truth, albeit

speaks to Elsa who brushes him off thinking he is only interested in the scurrilous tale of the affair. Colonel Drewe seeks to track down the whereabouts

in the summer of 2011. In the fall of 2011, the band embarked on the Scurrilous tour with Protest the Hero and in addition did a sting of headlining shows

to 170–130 BC. His Oxford dissertation of 1685 provoked an "angry and scurrilous reply" from Isaac Vossius (1618–1689), who had been librarian to Queen

would later refer to Kangura as "their [the CDR's] propaganda rag" and a "scurrilous extremist newspaper". The extensive connections of Kangura to the ruling

that the connection goes very deep, saying "it would be mistaken and scurrilous to try to identify individual people" Kaslik states that she is currently

using the mails for the purpose of transmitting indecent, immoral or scurrilous matter. Their acquittal was an important decision in Canadian history

heritage production and sensationalist melodrama. Dirk Bogarde is suitably scurrilous as a rascally footman, but the action slows fatally when he is off screen

Procopio dei Coltelli in 1686. A police spy reported in 1749 on one of these scurrilous writers, Mairobert, who later wrote a libellous "biography" of Mme du

edition followed in 1783 and instantly became popular for its mildly scurrilous passages. La Fontaine's conventional heroine was presented by Bogdanovich

cowboy. He, on the other hand, is smitten with her. When Trampas voices scurrilous speculation as to why she came west, the Virginian forces him at gunpoint

modern scholarship it studies. Though the Gesta Asnacorum is merely a scurrilous student rag, it does feature the juvenilia of many alumni of the department

and he decided to amply repay the sentiments in verse, composing three scurrilous poems, namely "B-rns in Lochly", "B-rns in his Infancy" and "B-rns's Hen

a Sunday newspaper which had started in 1825 and which specialized in scurrilous and satirical gossip about celebrities of the day. Westmacott was savagely

blow with a sword': and many men are as much galled with a calumny, a scurrilous and bitter jest, a libel, a pasquil, satire, apologue, epigram, stage-play

sodomite . . . and a blasphemer’. The young Pitt had been offended by his ‘scurrilous’ references to the monarchy. Pitt fled the scene but was soon arrested

boy, coward, fascist, gurrier, guttersnipe, hypocrite, rat, scumbag, scurrilous speaker or yahoo; or to insinuate that a TD is lying or drunk; or has

here refers to accusations made in Pulteney's Proper reply to a late scurrilous libel of 1731 which led to Hervey challenging Pulteney to a duel. Hervey's

are records from Cambridgeshire as early as in 1553 of a man offering a scurrilous ballad "maistres mass" at an alehouse, and a pedlar selling "lytle books"

Melton starting the 15/8 favourite. Webb was given the ride despite "scurrilous" rumours concerning his honesty. The race took place in fine weather before

House of Lords, and which presents a singular contrast to the absurd and scurrilous sermon which had very unwisely been honoured with impeachment. During

of Maysara are obscure, and made more complicated by what are likely scurrilous stories circulated by his enemies. Chroniclers have recorded allegations

treatise on the art of dancing, a life of the Virgin Mary and a Latin scurrilous collection of 'novellae' "De proverbiorum origine". After attending the

of any form of judicial misconduct. In 1803 the author of a series of scurrilous letters attacking the Government, published under the pen name "Juverna"

Commiesymps, and Reds Under the Bed". Slinging Mud: Rude Nicknames, Scurrilous Slogans, and Insulting Slang from Two Centuries of American Politics.

little ethical or educational value, because they contain large amounts of scurrilous and vulgar phrases and characters providing a bad example of education

Berlin, a director of the Free Gaza Movement, called the claims "utterly scurrilous", characterizing them as an attempt by the Israeli government to discredit

the exploits of cool male criminals, it lingers most... as a proudly scurrilous gallery of role models." He found Hathaway "commanding at every moment"

Antistius Sosianus of an act of treason, specifically writing and reciting scurrilous verses about the emperor Nero at a banquet hosted by Marcus Ostorius Scapula

court-martial, one that would investigate—rather than simply drop—the scurrilous charges against him. After a month-long investigation, the court issued

Shaw described Gilroy's political commentary in the scripts as a "great, scurrilous [take] on the Trumpian world", adding that "our world is exploding in

vigorous defense and potential countersuit against Bronner in light of the scurrilous nature of Bronner's allegations. Rainforest Productions Holdings and Hardy

frequently made light of the concept of an "honorary doctor" by offering up scurrilous medical advice in a segment called "Cheating Death" on his television

subject to scurrilous attacks by the Israeli press". UN Watch responded that "if quoting terror apologists' own words constitute "scurrilous attacks,"

Dondukov-Korsakov, who, according to persistent rumors reflected in Pushkin's scurrilous epigram, was owed his appointment in the Academy of Sciences to his homosexual

Grammar of the Bengali Language. The success of the enterprise and Hicky's scurrilous attacks on the Company led the company to feel that it would be better

noted that the gōsān would also ridicule the Romans, as they "sang many scurrilous and ridiculous songs about the effeminacy and cowardice of Crassus". Parthian

position of town marshal and encounters the hot-tempered Doc Holliday and scurrilous Clanton gang several times. During this time, Clementine Carter, Doc's

who lauded the novel as “authentic poetry.” The unfavorable and often scurrilous reviews dominated, from the Houston Post, The New Yorker, Time, and The

and cynical mistreatment were entitled to support against him. It is scurrilous for Livingstone to insinuate a link between the WRP majority and the security

Timberlake replied that he did not "deem it necessary to dignify these scurrilous attacks by replying thereto." In his next try, though, in 1945, Timberlake

1783. Buoyed by his status and popularity Bishop Hervey let slip some scurrilous talk of rebellion which led the British government to contemplate his

immensely wealthy brother, a feud brought about by Sylvia's promotion of scurrilous rumours about her husband, which were initially believed by Mark and,

Prince of Wales (who shortly after became King George II); whether for scurrilous motives or publicity is unclear.[citation needed] They returned to Venice

more driving, menacing numbers have been separated from the slow and scurrilous in a double album that is not two-halves of a whole so much as two distinct

outside a musical context. The castrati came in for a great amount of scurrilous and unkind abuse, and as their fame increased, so did the hatred of them

been misled by writings of the time about the Church" and had "written a scurrilous book about the Mormons." In August 2011, the Albemarle County, Virginia

ISBN 978-0-7456-3574-3. Retrieved 2020-12-19. Wilkes, Roger (2002). Scandal : a scurrilous history of gossip. London: Atlantic. pp. 189, 197. ISBN 1-903809-63-0

He had little support from his own colleagues: he was the subject of scurrilous attacks by "Juverna", who was later discovered to be a senior judge, Robert

Monthly Record, a magazine he later described as "[in] part... really scurrilous attacks on the Vicar". The Vicar was Rev. T. P. Hill, incumbent of Abinger

County. He also wrote, under the pen-name "Terentius Phlogobombos", a scurrilous account of the literary and political life of New York. The work Gotham

which he was forced to vacate the following year for having published a scurrilous book. In 1518, he began the study of jurisprudence at the University of

Rosiecrucian Scourge for the due Correction of that Pseudo-chymist and Scurrilous Emperick, Geo. Thomson", a fierce response to a pamphlet issued by physician

of Smellie, on Lord Monboddo's Origin and Progress of Language. It was scurrilous and abusive, ran through several numbers of the fifth volume, and caused

after he penned and attempted to publish "a poem containing a concealed scurrilous phrase aimed at a well-known person", namely Nicholas Murray Butler. The

Contract Suit By Debbee Klein; Sam Gores' Agency Says "False, Frivolous & Scurrilous" – Update". "Company funds used for prostitutes, alleges ex-partner at

alert as authorities or ministers of the church and especially invent scurrilous and vulgar songs from important symphonies such as The Barber of Seville

genius of Dan Bern The Poststar. April 2, 2017 Dan Bern Dylan called me a “scurrilous little wretch with a hard-on for comedy Salon.com 10.08.2015 "LISTEN:

Retrieved 2009-02-06. Chicago Sun-Times staff (November 12, 2006). "Scurrilous: Chicago's No. 1 Couch Potato: Not so funny, girl". Chicago Sun-Times

happy; the wife was a flirt, the husband jealous. On the strength of a scurrilous anonymous pamphlet, La Fameuse Comédienne, ou histoire de la Guérin (1688)

episode that he is obsessed with penises, saying, "I have to deny this as a scurrilous rumor. I have nothing against weenies, weenies are fine, but I am not

Irish rebellion of 1803. His conduct of the trials exposed him to the scurrilous attacks of the pamphleteer "Juverna", who was later exposed as an embittered

declared victor over a rival poet, Patrick Hume of Polwarth, in a comically scurrilous flyting, or poetic duel. The King, who was himself a practising member

stressed that "undermining and delegitimising" Richard Falk through "scurrilous accusations" has been an "obsession of UN Watch" when he became Special

to unsettle affairs in Fulda, in which they initially arrange to post scurrilous flyers all over the town and then hire Irish mercenaries led by Walter

Commission added that "The common law offence of blasphemy applies only to scurrilous criticism of the fundamental tenets of the Church of England and other

were required to be novices at their instruments, saying that it was a "scurrilous rumour put about by the BBC". Michael Nyman created a similar outfit called

became very popular with soldiers and peasants, probably because of the scurrilous ranking of its cards in which Kings and Queens became worthless, cards

a silly sentimental Celt.” He thought that they produced “Torrents of scurrilous and socialist oratory”. In 1910 Ewart was appointed Adjutant-General to

courtly pieces but he also produced comic pieces which often made use of scurrilous elements and uninhibited language. Some of Dunbar's poems were clearly

may have been involved in the production of Leicester's Commonwealth, a scurrilous tract attacking Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Elizabeth's powerful

article Rewriting Cromwell: a case of deafening silences, describes it as "scurrilous, mendacious, malicious"; but he commends the historical value of some

like St. John's on a platter." The figure of Ganymede was employed in scurrilous sonnetry, but the subtext of criticism within the court was most often

article Rewriting Cromwell: a case of deafening silences, describes it as "scurrilous, mendacious, malicious"; but he commends the historical value of some

manages to alienate Ramesh's customers and fellow shopkeepers by printing scurrilous stories about them. Sanjay also briefly sported a moustache much to the

Shakespeare is also supposed to have taken his revenge on Lucy by writing a scurrilous ballad about him. Another 18th-century story has Shakespeare starting

of his Committee's budget, Dies' accusations became progressively more scurrilous. In March 1942, he wrote a letter to Vice President Henry Wallace claiming

(1999), writing of Doyle, "anyone who has read Hello Sailor (my first scurrilous novel published 22 years ago) deserves a plug." In an interview with The

Austrian Febronianist pamphleteer Joseph Valentin Eybel's relentless and scurrilous attacks on the Roman Curia, namely the Pope. In 1792, Mihailo Maksimović's

"Wilfred De'Ath, former BBC producer who in his Oldie column chronicled his scurrilous adventures thieving and sleeping rough – obituary". The Daily Telegraph

second pamphlet entitled, “Reply of Mary Ann Tocker to the false and scurrilous pamphlet of Mr. R. Gurney, ex-vice warden of the Stannaries...” In May

American President Lyndon B. Johnson. The paper was described as "filthy and scurrilous" in the Legislative Council of NSW for their stance against the war, and

and thus the Royal Flush Gang is born. In their efforts to defeat this scurrilous quintet of no-goods, Robin and Cyborg discover that the Ace is taking

important effect, as in the Letters of Junius or Voltaire's Candide, or scurrilous as in pasquinades. In the tradition of anonymous British political criticism

Keys member David Cannan demanding an apology for the "unacceptable and scurrilous attack". Gill made further comments regarding the Isle of Man in his Sunday

of Mary Queen of Scotland, and of her Son James (1656). An Answer to a Scurrilous Pamphlet Intituled, ‘Observations upon a compleat history of the lives

from which he was dismissed in 1832 for allowing the publication of a "scurrilous" pamphlet on drunken policemen; in 1833 he became an inspector at the

by John Nagle Q.C. found that "no decent man" could have spread the "scurrilous lies" that Grassby had. Grassby maintained his innocence and fought a

tragedy & its development. To it succeeded the old comedy – vigorous, but scurrilous. The Latin poets deserve some praise, but their great fault is their careless

was one of the Irish officials singled out for attack in a series of scurrilous letters published by the radical journalist William Cobbett in his weekly

November 12, 1966 (1966-11-12) Spraysol steals top secret documents. 10b "The Scurrilous Sculptor" November 12, 1966 (1966-11-12) The Sculptor turns people into

dedicated his play to Emperor Paul, it was denounced by the censorship as scurrilous and libertarian. Banned after only four performances, it was not revived

Minority Press Group. ISBN 0-906890-04-7. Wilkes, Roger (2002). Scandal: A Scurrilous History of Gossip. Atlantic. ISBN 1-903809-63-0. Woestendiek, John (2010)

Rosemarie Ostler (September 6, 2011). Slinging Mud: Rude Nicknames, Scurrilous Slogans, and Insulting Slang from Two Centuries of American Politics.

Schoppe, who had been a fellow student at Altdorf. In 1611, Schoppe wrote a scurrilous book against James entitled Ecclesiasticus, in which he fastened on Wotton

fought partly with popular prints by both sides; these were often highly scurrilous caricatures of the other side and their doctrines. On the Protestant side

critics with plenty of hostages. Again and again, he quotes the most scurrilous and unlikely gossip, without proving it." According to Higham and Roy

leadership contest. Harris described the accusation as "false, groundless and scurrilous", and the party threatened a libel lawsuit in each case, though no suits

periodical with illicit French novels - an anticipation, many thought, of the scurrilous content inside. The article 'A Defence of Cosmetics' by Max Beerbohm appeared

him on three charges of blasphemy and obscenity: (1) he had quoted a scurrilous passage by Voltaire disparaging the virgin birth of Jesus. "Arianism"

that the connection goes very deep, saying "it would be mistaken and scurrilous to try to identify individual people". She warns against "scouring the

Magazine 'Enchanting and addictive...earthy, scurrilous and never dull.'—West End Extra 'As scurrilous and entertaining as ever.' —Rupert Smith (Man's

Following of Christ (1567, 1568) A Touchstone for this Time Present (1574), a scurrilous attack on the Roman Catholic Church, followed by a treatise on education

chiefly by personal prejudice. In 1767, he produced a second part, less scurrilous in tone, dealing with the Covent Garden actors. This part includes some

College), Khirodchandra Ray Chaudhuri, who edited and published the "scurrilous" (to quote Sealy) daily, Star of Utkal. Khirodchandra's son, Sukumar,

the Golden Rump', a resourceful hack could readily have composed enough scurrilous dialogue to provide Walpole with material for his Commons speech. It is

imprisonment of for producing in the eyes of the government seditious or scurrilous tracts and all copies or works were seized or destroyed. Anti-Jacobite

Seeds warned: "Herr Hitler has developed into something much more than a scurrilous and rather comic agitator." Seeds was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister

that "[Irvine] was stone blind to his own prejudices, and he could be scurrilous and unfair in his attacks, but he knew something about our major media"

eighteenth century's most devoted reader of Jonson, called Marston "the most scurrilous, filthy and obscene writer of his time".[citation needed] The Romantic

holds a picture of Chinn and one of the captions reads: "When I read the scurrilous attacks in the Newspapers on the Mother of my Children, pardon me, my

(1981) traces the adversities of a newlywed Indian woman living with an scurrilous, expatriate husband in a Parisian suburb. The film was a launchpad for

the queen. Scory was at the same time suspected as the author of the scurrilous Leycester's Commonwealth. He did know something of its circulation, to

recalled: "The press officer at the DND and ABC newspaper wrote all sorts of scurrilous lies, really terrible things, winding up the Madrid fans like never before"

poaching deer from local squire Thomas Lucy, and that he then wrote a scurrilous ballad about Lucy. It is also reported, according to a note added by Samuel

Friendship and Its Dissolution. W. Heffer. Wilkes, Roger (2002). Scandal : a scurrilous history of gossip. London: Atlantic. p. 75. ISBN 1-903809-63-0. OCLC 50434290

HarperCollins. Reviewing the book, the Wall Street Journal concluded: "Funny, scurrilous and completely forgettable: This is political satire at its best. Or worst

Bradley. At the outbreak of World War I parts of the press circulated the scurrilous rumour that Hambourg was German, obliging him to prove his Russian origin

the intellectually demanding or disturbing at one end to the faintly scurrilous or comforting at the other. The changes 40 years ago set Radio 4 on its

but also as an engraver. He gained notoriety by his bitter and often scurrilous political squibs against the whigs, but he also devoted much time and

HarperCollins. Reviewing the book, the Wall Street Journal concluded: "Funny, scurrilous and completely forgettable: This is political satire at its best. Or worst

Friendship and Its Dissolution. W. Heffer. Wilkes, Roger (2002). Scandal : a scurrilous history of gossip. London: Atlantic. p. 75. ISBN 1-903809-63-0. OCLC 50434290

English writings, interpreted the word to suggest something villainous or scurrilous. This was, however, rejected by Ida M. Hollowell, who theorizes that the

of his friends came out with a reply. For his "Proper reply to a late scurrilous libel" (Craftsman, 1731), an answer to "Sedition and defamation displayed

Lane, a partisan of Oates, in A Vindication of Dr. Titus Oates from two Scurrilous Libels (1683). "Elliot, Adam (ELT664A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database.

eighteenth century's most devoted reader of Jonson, called Marston "the most scurrilous, filthy and obscene writer of his time".[citation needed] The Romantic

the prescriptions contained in it were popular. In 1719 he published a scurrilous ‘Examination’ of John Woodward's ‘State of Physick and Diseases.’ A reply

D.S. Mirsky wrote: ...He began his career by publishing a series of scurrilous, though at times witty, articles against the Poets... He attacked Russian

theatre, attacking the magistracy, and defending various patrons against scurrilous detractors. However she wrote "literary pursuits are the most arduous

illuminates the potency of scent in the sensual arts. He tells the story of a scurrilous man called Musaylima and his seduction of Sajah, two figures who are despised

time. Erasmus described him as "not unwitty", and Alamire's frequent scurrilous commentary on contemporary singers and players bears this out; many of

in manuscript, of which one is an independent composition of a rather scurrilous purport, while in the second each stanza is preceded by one of a religious

nature of books sold on its platforms: "Sale of all types of obscene, scurrilous, smutty, pornographic, offensive or objectionable publications including

men of wealth. Her appearance and dress were scrutinized and copied. Scurrilous broadsheets and satires upon her were printed and circulated, and several

another matter, issued a written defence of his actions in answer to scurrilous accusations concerning the Hacket rebellion. List of messiah claimants

Baglione accused Caravaggio and his friends of writing and distributing scurrilous doggerel attacking him; the pamphlets, according to Baglione's friend

ignoble deed. Margaret, in association with de Brézé, became the object of scurrilous rumours and vulgar ballads. Public indignation was so high that Margaret

Helen, wife to Menelaus, living with Paris Thersites, a deformed and scurrilous low-class "fool" Patroclus, protégé and lover of Achilles Troilus and

Wortley Montagu in 1869. During the trial, Kenealy abused witnesses, made scurrilous allegations against various Roman Catholic institutions, treated the judges

leader, Alison Weir", and believed that the accusations against Weir were "scurrilous and without foundation". Weir founded If Americans Knew (IAK) after her

splendid Oxford satirist" though another characterizes Academia as "ribald, scurrilous doggerel." Her work has been anthologized in Kissing the Rod (1988), and

drew an angry response from Labour, which denounced the comments as a "scurrilous" attempt to undermine the party's efforts to gain power. Downing Street

Monni (Vitellozzo in the film). Benigni and Troisi made him pronounce scurrilous things about Amanda Sandrelli's mother, Stefania, an actress then in vogue

Lady Baldoon, younger", which also records the dates of the events. More scurrilous verses relating to the story are also quoted by Scott, including those

and wit." Jim Hoberman praised it in The Village Voice as "a superbly scurrilous and daringly self-destructive attack on the Reagan regime’s Central American

after he had grossly abused us in a Philadelphia paper in one of the most scurrilous articles that we ever saw in print; and all this, too, after we had been

addition, pamphlets were also used for romantic fiction, autobiography, scurrilous personal abuse, and social criticism. They contained much of the propaganda

forced to apologise. Soon Blackwood's Tory views and reviews – often scurrilous attacks on other writers – were notorious, and the magazine, or "Maga"

self-righteous turn out to be us. Jonah sasses God. Heathen Ninevites and scurrilous sailors prove more pious than the prophet [Jonah], who is subjected unceremoniously

his death. He sided, like his father, with the royalists, and wrote the scurrilous reply to Milton, Regii Sanguinis Clamor, at the time mistakenly attributed

is deeply shocked and dismayed at the remarks. This is a baseless and scurrilous allegation and is all the more shocking because it has been made against

charge and replaced it with one of distributing obscene, slanderous, or scurrilous literature. Smith was convicted, fined $25, and served most of a 26-day

also Temple Bar (1872, xxxv. 261–266). John Hill's often provocative and scurrilous writings involved him in many quarrels, both in the field of science and

ethnic and religious epithets, vulgar repudiations of the draft, and scurrilous caricatures – is deeply offensive to many, "the Government may not prohibit

In January 1789 The Times accused the Opposition of beginning "a most scurrilous attack on the queen, not only by private conversation, but through the

body; Publishing obscene material; Mailing obscene, indecent, immoral or scurrilous material; and Criminally harassing Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper

in March of 1954 with mail fraud, using the mails to send "libelous, scurrilous and defamatory" material by mail. One mailer was headlined " 'Fake' Polio

startup that first reported the remarks. The church said the article was a "scurrilous attack" and that it had a “seditious tendency”. It also said the article

Henry of insincerity in his return to the Roman Catholic faith, was so scurrilous as to be disapproved of by many members of the League. When Henry at length

aggressive bargainers. During the nineteenth century, Jews were described as "scurrilous, stupid, and tight-fisted", but after the Jewish Emancipation and the

shady world of the criminal class on the other, often accompanied by his scurrilous ex-burglar servant Magersfontein Lugg. During the course of his career

categorization. At times it is reminiscent of James Ellroy: gritty and scurrilous. At other moments it seems as though the Alexandria Quartet had been transposed

1823, for which he first wrote savage articles and, later, witty and scurrilous lampoons in his column 'Intercepted Letters'. The letters, under the pseudonym

Sydney Morning Herald. Riley, Mark (6 April 1993). "Sowada to sue over 'Scurrilous' story". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017

sent him to England. Bower gave a quite different story in Answer to a Scurrilous Pamphlet (1757). Another account had been previously published by Richard

an uproar across India after many Indian newspapers declared the book "scurrilous libel" against Hindus and Hinduism. Mayo's book created outrage across

at the Wayback Machine Block, Walter (January 30, 2014). "Reply to the Scurrilous, Libelous, Venomous, Scandalous New York Times Smear Campaign." Archived

Rosiecrucian Scourge for the due Correction of that Pseudo-chymist and Scurrilous Emperick, Geo. Thomson" (London, 1665). In 1665, Thomson also published

controversy, with Gerald Nabarro condemning Martin's views on the monarchy as "scurrilous". Father Figures (1966), autobiography. In a review, Margaret Cole described

portrayed by Luca Marinelli, sings a parody of "Il pescatore" using vulgar, scurrilous lyrics. The story behind the song was told by Cristiano De André in two

charge, replacing it with one of distributing obscene, slanderous, or scurrilous literature. Smith was convicted, fined $25, and served most of a twenty-six-day

Commission added that "The common law offence of blasphemy applies only to scurrilous criticism of the fundamental tenets of the Church of England and other

the publication, sale and possession of any printed matter that was "scurrilous" or "grossly indecent" or "intended for blackmail." Mishra maintained

nasty with the incumbent, Sam Goddard, accusing Williams of running a "scurrilous" campaign predicated on "invective and accusation and character assassination

portrayed by Luca Marinelli, sings a parody of "Il pescatore" using vulgar, scurrilous lyrics. The story behind the song was told by Cristiano De André in two

(Subscription or UK public library membership required.) Roger Wilkes, Scandal: A Scurrilous History of Gossip (2002), p. 162 Chisholm, Anne, Davie, Michael (1992)

union steward. Chisholm's attorney, Samuel Leib, denounced this claim as "scurrilous, desperate, and just plain cheap." Lutz committed suicide in 2015.[citation

 ... It seems to be the easiest thing in the world these days to make scurrilous accusations against Muslims and, in my case, it directly impacts on my

own—especially Whistler's. Wilde considered Vivian's article to be a scurrilous betrayal, and it directly caused the broken friendship between Wilde and

revenge by forcing her to wear the torn and bloody chemise to church. Other scurrilous tales include a story of Noah's son visiting his wife's bedroom on the

Pitcairne's lifetime, its satirisation of Presbyterianism being considered too scurrilous. He was prone to irreverent and ribald jests, and thus gained the reputation

King Edward III of England. When he became unpopular later in life, a scurrilous rumour circulated, along with lampoons, claiming that he was actually

thought its discussion of American foreign policy "was a pack of lies, a scurrilous attack on respected Americans, undocumented, a publication unworthy of

2007. Jacobsen, Geesche (25 May 2007). "Newspaper subjected lawyers to scurrilous abuse, court told". Sydney Morning Herald. "Porn-obsessed Power jailed"

globe", p. 280. William Sanderson [the younger] (1656), An Answer to a Scurrilous Pamphlet, Intituled, Observations upon a Compleat History of the Lives

in 1596 a ballad on the scarcity of grain in London was criticized as "scurrilous" and "vain and presumptuous" by the mayor of the city, Stephen Slaney

other officials. Robinson himself was accused of writing vicious and scurrilous anonymous pamphlets, but Elrington Ball judges this to be unlikely. These

summoned before the Congress, severely censured, for the "ignominious, scurrilous, and scandalous piece". After being warned to never publish articles reflecting

as Armijo's prisoner in 1841 and his biographical sketch of Armijo is scurrilous. The historian Marc Simmons ascribes the story of sheep theft to "tradition"

(Gemellus by Caligula and Britannicus by Nero). The biographer relates the scurrilous (and, in the judgment of Anthony Birley, untrue) rumor that Commodus was

role involved "twenty months' hard work, without pay ... with loads of scurrilous and other criticism". Promoted to group captain in January 1935, he became

: 366–69  Five years later however, in the summer of 1797, the "notoriously scurrilous" journalist James T. Callender published A History of the United States

Champion of Freedom, said Nelson's portrayal took "large, …. sometimes scurrilous, liberties with historical facts." In particular, he stated that Nelson

Authors, from Marot to Delille,' in two volumes. He published in 1829 a scurrilous attack on Charles Kean's domestic life, entitled 'Ophelia Kean, a dramatic

accused Parker of disloyalty to the Queen and of being the author of a scurrilous book vilifying him. Another source of contention was religion: Sussex

On Believing and Not Believing Perry 502. The Eunuch's Reply to the Scurrilous Person Perry 503. The Cockerel and the Pearl Perry 504. The Bees and the

hardships common, the mere suggestion of profiteering was considered a scurrilous charge. Georgia Quartermaster General Ira Roe Foster attempted to increase

anti-Semitic. EI's Ali Abunimah, answering the accusations, noted that in the "scurrilous" claims, not one piece of evidence from the over 12,000 articles printed

campaign in an awkward position; public denials of responsibility for the scurrilous flyers would be implausible. Rove's client was elected.[citation needed]

personalities and institutions of his time, as can be seen, for example, in his scurrilous portrayal of Socrates in The Clouds, and in his racy anti-war farce Lysistrata

was happy to promote his creations. The happier they became, the more scurrilous the stories Montesquieu would spread about them. Winnaretta became close

again of the dangers of unbridled democracy. Many attacks on Adams were scurrilous, including suggestions that he was planning to "crown himself king" and

talks with Time". A Church of Scientology spokesman called the claims "scurrilous". On February 14, 1992, Scientology leader David Miscavige gave Ted Koppel

to the nation". Malaysiakini. 23 September 2021. "Hadi - uncharitable, scurrilous, arrogant". dapmalaysia.org. Vengadesan, Martin (August 25, 2021). "Syed

American Committee for East-West Accord, described Ioffe's article as a "scurrilous — and frankly hysterical — ad hominem attack on his work and character"

name, somebody who should be nameless, but in this case should be named. Scurrilous. A horrible picture." Friedkin later said that this sequel diminished

according to Barré's entry in the Dictionary of National Biography, as scurrilous as the first. Barré left England for Ireland, where he appears to have

Medici, whose competitors for the papal throne felt the sting of Aretino's scurrilous lash. The installation of the Dutch pope Adrian VI ("la tedesca tigna"

the first partisan affair in the nation's history and one of the more scurrilous in terms of newspaper attacks. Adams swept New England and Jefferson the

honour with the editor of The Morning Post newspaper which had published scurrilous articles about her private life. In fact, he had himself written the articles

with the editor of The Morning Post, a newspaper which had published scurrilous articles about her private life. In fact, Stoney had himself written the

completely unacceptable behavior for a Member of Congress to make this kind of scurrilous charge against another member in the House or Senate for simply engaging

the backers of the Beacon, a local Tory political paper that was making scurrilous attacks on Whigs. Feelings were running high, and an 1822 duel between

such as Henry Kissinger, and used his personal fortune to finance a scurrilous biography of political opponent Arthur Goldberg. He had also taken debatable

these conspiracy theories, calling them "an unbelievable onslaught of scurrilous media attacks to which he and his family have been subjected," adding

aggrandizement were challenged by some contemporaries. Henry Neville's scurrilous pamphlet News from the New Exchange (1650) accused Elizabeth of intemperance

orderly, such as are owned and practised by the people called quakers'. A scurrilous ballad, 'Ye Quaker's Wedding', was sung in the streets. Pennyman and his

act of defiance. Burke reasoned his letter by accusing Gallagher of “scurrilous editorial attacks.” Burke argued that the animosity between him and Gallagher

of both the younger and elder Schaeffer, described Crazy for God as a "scurrilous caricature" and said, "[N]o one should take Frank's allegations at face

faction suppressed or in exile abroad, Nedham turned away from his previous scurrilous reporting and aimed to educate his readers in political principles of

Celebrities". HuffPost. 2012-03-28. Wilkes, Roger (2002). Scandal: a scurrilous history of gossip. London: Atlantic. p. 99. ISBN 1-903809-63-0. OCLC 50434290

words, found fault with him that he had been moved by jealousy to use scurrilous language and commanded his servants to drag him off forthwith to the quarries

including the Duke of Orléans, led to the printing and distribution of scurrilous pamphlets which accused her of a range of sexual depravities as well as

realism, wearying viewers for lack of fairy tale flair, but that Benigni's scurrilous performance might provoke a few laughs. Vacth's voice can be heard in

Burbidge himself said: "Such actions are foreign to my nature. Due to the scurrilous attack by Lord Altrincham I felt it was up to a decent Briton to show

private correspondence with her mother. This work was of so disgraceful and scurrilous a description that Mrs. Billington was forced to take legal proceedings

the backers of the Beacon, a local Tory political paper that was making scurrilous attacks on Whigs. Feelings were running high, and an 1822 duel between

same show to call the claims of the Gilbank children "false, baseless, scurrilous and potentially libelous and defamatory". Croitoru was asked to appear

in Killing is Murder, and no Murder: or An exercitation concerning a scurrilous pamphlet, of one William Allen, a Jesuitical impostor, intituled Killing

provider, he wrote on 6 August 1945 that he had 'learned to ignore such scurrilous abuse' although he worried others might be bored by his frequent warnings

when I saw it I just went ballistic – because it was the most awful, scurrilous, personal attack on the book ... because it was 'dirty'. I was ready to

to this book, in an attempt to evict from the minds of the people the scurrilous work that is Miss Mayo's book. Khan was inspired by American author Pearl

Munira Mirza, resigned three days later, saying that Johnson had made "a scurrilous accusation". Julian Smith, the former chief whip, and Simon Hoare were

himself, the government-controlled press proceeded to overwhelm him with scurrilous abuse." Diệm later banned Bảo Đại from entering the State of Vietnam.

him; in whose pockets were found several papers of memorials of his own scurrilous behaviour, in such loose expressions as modest ears cannot endure. The

delicately termed, of Mr. Wakefield's pamphlet, is abused in the most scurrilous and indiscriminate manner. We advise, therefore, these critics, in future

He was charged under sections 292(A) (publishing grossly indecent or scurrilous matter or matter intended for blackmail), 295(A) (deliberate and malicious

allowed it "to become the channel of personal invective, and the most scurrilous abuse of individuals of all ranks, high and low, rich and poor, many were

than contemporary Best Picture winners like The Artist and Argo: "This scurrilous little movie has outlived its lauded contemporaries like Argo and The

Cedric's men prepare supper, he laments the King's many journeys abroad, the scurrilous behaviour of the Norman knights, and the absence of his estranged son

to "willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of the Government of the United States"

Bartolomeo Pergami, of many lampoons. Theodore Lane created a series of scurrilous images of the trio. In Moments of Pleasure, Wood is seen dancing for the

Blak-Moir" is written in five short and simple stanzas. The tone is one of scurrilous comedy. In the first two stanzas, the poet describes his subject's unfamiliar

was an iambic poet, working within a genre that licensed abusive and scurrilous verse – a regrettable tendency from the viewpoint of Pindar, whose own

stated that the dismissal was put "in terms that can only be called scurrilous" and that "[t]o one who knew Whittaker and his regard for historical accuracy

flourished. The content of these pamphlets often tended to be scandalous or scurrilous, but they contained a variety of material: Satires, war-of-words, anonymous

government. Historians have stated that the report was full of "exaggerations, scurrilous descriptions and bizarre historical theories" but it nonetheless had a

Tahiti in September 1901. The paper under his editorship was noted for its scurrilous attacks on the governor and officialdom in general, but was not in fact

after moving to New York City. Cain's subject matter was characterized by scurrilous and humorous attacks on "American types and institutions...the pastor

one. In a single line of his lyrics, De André uses deliberately vulgar, scurrilous language ("A midget must surely be a swine, because his heart is way too

silly politician who lacked charisma. Nadine Morano was seen as a very scurrilous and rough politician, who unconditionally supported Nicolas Sarkozy, often

259–72. For the exceptions see Kathleen Kennedy, Disloyal Mothers and Scurrilous Citizens: Women and Subversion during World War I (2018) excerpt Archived

original on March 21, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2010. "Lou Dobbs Responds to 'Scurrilous' Attack By 'NYT'". Editor & Publisher. May 31, 2007. Retrieved June 3

while correctly asserting that Hagrid is part giant, also makes numerous scurrilous accusations about his personal character, and declares Harry "disturbed

power of place, a biography. Vol. II. London, UK: Cape. p. 329ff. "A 'scurrilous libel'". Darwin Correspondence Project. Archived from the original on

articles on New York newspapers," which included his critique of the "scurrilous journalism" applied to victims of "Elizabeth Bentley and her ilk." On

or any letter upon the envelope of which, or postal card upon which scurrilous epithets may have been written or printed, or disloyal devices printed

his time in the city. Van Gool’s account is long and perhaps largely scurrilous and was deplored by the younger Gerard Hoet who complained it omitted

be like?'." A third biographer, Benny Green, calls it "one of the most scurrilous personal attacks in the history of English journalism", while McCrum describes

that were "baseless and without foundation." "These appear to be old, scurrilous rumors which Khalid has made on numerous occasions," a spokesman for the

April 16, 1873. Saint Paul Daily Pioneer, June 3, 1874. A much fuller, scurrilous, and very likely untrue account of Morton's private life can be found

Gazette. Retrieved 11 November 2020. "Kamal Ahmed accuses Nick Davies of 'scurrilous journalism'". Press Gazette. 11 February 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2020

attempt to depict the genuinely good man, but castigated him for his scurrilous treatment of "the very people whose efforts are directed at the very objective

by the hand." Nay, the commandment extends so far as to include that scurrilous affected urbanity, instinct with invective, by which the failings of others

John Philip Kemble's management. The Critical Review called it "very scurrilous, and very ridiculous". Jack in Office, containing Remarks on Mr. Braham's

cast their votes on Nov. 2, would be an easy one to paint as the most scurrilous proposition this time around. It would take the excellent redistricting

"possible cybercrimes"; the Georgia Democratic Party stated that "Kemp's scurrilous claims are 100 percent false" and described them as a "political stunt"

Japan (1881)) as a radical, rabble-rousing soshi agitator.....Soon his scurrilous tongue and subversive speeches were getting him into trouble. He was arrested

was as witty as he was jocose; remote from the cynical impudence, and scurrilous sarcasm. Notizie biografiche e letterarie in continuazione della Biblioteca

which prohibited many forms of speech, including "any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States 

practice that is by turns imaginative, entertaining, high-minded, and scurrilous; not a priestly account, despite the speaker's pose as a vates or inspired

ISBN 978-0-87071-595-2. Kennedy, Kathleen (1999). Disloyal mothers and scurrilous citizens : women and subversion during World War I. Bloomington, Ind.

which prohibited many forms of speech, including "any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States 

John Philip Kemble's management. The Critical Review called it "very scurrilous, and very ridiculous". Jack in Office, containing Remarks on Mr. Braham's

crime to speak, write, or publish anything "disloyal, profane, violent, scurrilous, contemptuous, slurring or abusive" about the U.S. government, soldiers

government. Historians have stated that the report was full of "exaggerations, scurrilous descriptions and bizarre historical theories". The report nonetheless

was untruthful on the central aspect of her complaint, and had made "scurrilous attacks" on one of the respondents. The ruling also found Yaniv to be

"limits the scope of the work to the eighteenth-century equivalent of a scurrilous email [...] it is reasonable to assume that the various characters stand

appear or has fled. Hence the customary battles under the wild figs, the scurrilous language that bring together the second and third function. This festival

of Greg Craig" and said that "the White House counsel was done in by a scurrilous leaks campaign." Maureen Dowd wrote that "the way the Craig matter was

broadcast emanating from the Thai and South Vietnamese borders, which made scurrilous attacks on him and the royal family. Therefore, the Cambodian leadership

University Press of New York, 1989. Kennedy, Kathleen, Disloyal Mothers and Scurrilous Citizens: Women and Subversion During World War I. Bloomington, IN: Indiana

and Martial. All the resources of Poggio's rich vocabulary of the most scurrilous Latin were employed to stain the character of his target; every imaginable

death threats, and—according to Bruns—he often faced "spiteful mobs and scurrilous race-baiting". Within Chavez's movement itself, there was concern and

Lively later said his campaign only cost $30. His opponents distributed “scurrilous racial literature” about him in the run-up to election day. He lost by

Israel. Retrieved 2020-10-25. Kathleen Kennedy, Disloyal Mothers and Scurrilous Citizens: Women and Subversion During World War I. Bloomington: Indiana

"communist"; "coward"; "fascist"; "guttersnipe"; "hypocrite"; "rat"; "scumbag"; "scurrilous" and "yahoo" in Salient Rulings of the Chair, an 83-page document governing

1822 the manuscripts of the obnoxious articles. The author of the most scurrilous among them proved to be Sir Alexander Boswell of Auchinleck. The Earl

relaxed swing mood is completely overturned by a deliberately vulgar, scurrilous lyric about shit, also including several references to coprophagia, associating

it illegal "to utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous or abusive language" about the armed forces, the flag, the Constitution

called the statements "incendiary" and "inflammatory", saying, "It's scurrilous and has no place being part of someone's resume who's going to work for

compete with "Edward Woodworm" for work. He then becomes the victim of a scurrilous ear photographer before receiving a call offering him a job on the local

both Wilhelm Busch and his circle of friends were embarrassed. In the scurrilous laudation, Eduard Daelen equated Wilhelm Busch with greats such as Leonardo

Kennedy assassination, but the Hunt Literary Estate disputes this as scurrilous. The foreword to American Spy was written by William F. Buckley Jr. According

the bone, never having forgiven the pain inflicted on her father by the scurrilous personal attacks of Wilkes and others" and compares her politics to those

less favorable: the British tabloid The People denounced the work as "scurrilous", called attention to Brody's 1932 blackmail conviction, and discouraged

the plays of Henrik Ibsen was the "shameless and ignorant" work of a "scurrilous newspaper hack". In 1890, despite his youth and lack of academic qualifications

during this time a Jamt from Lockne, the first known Jamtish poet, wrote a scurrilous song that was sung throughout the province during the war. It involved

transference to the dislike of his commanding officer, wrote a somewhat scurrilous pamphlet under the title Transplantation, or Poor Crocus pluckt up by

touring the constituency in a Bentley, a claim that he later described as "scurrilous", stating it had been a Mercedes. With a name recognition of less than

Kasherman worked for a time with Howard Guilford, the muckraking, often scurrilous and bigoted publisher of the Saturday Press and the Twin City Reporter

War, Julius Streicher, the notorious Nazi propagandist, editor of the scurrilous antisemitic weekly Der Stürmer, argued that if he should stand there and

Café Procope, with the other wits of Paris. Still, as a result of his scurrilous and anonymous secondary literary career, he could not fail to come to

Anthony West of The New Yorker, in Hamilton's own words, "guyed the book at scurrilous length as a mere exercise in medical naturalism." Hamilton himself called

2022). "Israeli human rights groups defend Amnesty International against scurrilous accusations". Ramallah: Wafa. Archived from the original on 21 September

Englishmen or British officers, in every case pure fabrications and typical scurrilous Hun lies". While such criticism of Detzner's adventures might have been

himself from his father's beliefs. He recalled the circulation of some scurrilous verses entitled "Mr. Baxter and The Beast", "proving" that Baxter himself

unimpeachable integrity" as well as his "blistering" and "frequently scurrilous" editorials "to turn on unscrupulous characters." He often denounced U

reportedly impressed with his abilities and made him promise never to compose scurrilous or satirical verse. Dòmhnall had a very deep respect for his mother and

before the Lok Sabha elections, some sections of Assamese media carried scurrilous reports suggesting that Handique had been an inactive member of Parliament

August 24, 2014. Rosemarie Ostler (2011). Slinging Mud: Rude Nicknames, Scurrilous Slogans, and Insulting Slang from Two Centuries of American Politics.

military, and the Sedition Act forbade Americans to use "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the United States government, flag, or armed

that during the 19th century, most of the myths focused on Jews being "scurrilous, stupid, and tight-fisted", but after the Jewish Emancipation and the

from physical punishment by his tutor George Buchanan, who gave her a scurrilous answer. James had a French classmate, Jérôme Groslot de l'Isle, whose

Wondrous and Tragic Life of Ivan and Ivana by Maryse Condé review – a scurrilous picaresque". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 15 October 2023

shortly after his return, he published a number of clever but exceedingly scurrilous satires on the Roman Curia and on the powerful house of the Barberini

is said to be blasphemous which contains any contemptuous, reviling, scurrilous or ludicrous matter relating to God, Jesus Christ, or the Bible, or the

"anti-Christian slogans were chanted from trucks, which bore on their sides scurrilous cartoons of priests and nuns" while Catholic Youth organizations were

criminalized any expression of opinion that used "disloyal, profane, scurrilous or abusive language" about the U.S. government, flag or armed forces.

Russia; the specific charge against him was that he had used "disloyal, scurrilous and abusive language about the Military and Naval Forces of the United

Chieftains of the Highland Clans vindicated from the false Aspersions and scurrilous Reflections thrown upon them by Ridpath, the scandalous and justly condemned

his long-standing dispute with his family." "These appear to be old, scurrilous rumors which Sheikh Khalid has made on numerous occasions," a spokesman

criminalized any expression of opinion that used "disloyal, profane, scurrilous or abusive language" about the US government, flag or armed forces. The

was rebuked by at least one notable reviewer of his 1982 book as being "scurrilous" and "lamentable". Also in contrast to Pais' overgeneralized claim, notable

Retrieved 4 February 2022. "Boris Johnson's policy chief quits over PM's 'scurrilous' Savile remark". The Guardian. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022

1925 text. The hero of this book, Kvachi Kvachantiradze, is a thoroughly scurrilous rogue but, like many a literary rogue, a charming one. He charms us and

criminalized any expression of opinion that used "disloyal, profane, scurrilous or abusive language" about the U.S. government, flag or armed forces.

that book. She is also mentioned in Exit Music (2007). Steve Holly is a scurrilous Glasgow-based reporter who appears in The Falls (2001), A Question of

one of their most brilliant teachers. She took her revenge by writing scurrilous verse about the council's representative, C. F. A. Dundas, later immortalised

"willfully, knowingly, and feloniously uttered and published disloyal, scurrilous, and abusive language about the military and naval forces of the United

by Social Democrats leader, Holly Cairns, who described the claims as "scurrilous and false" and an attempt to deflect from the "bigger, and much more important

Gable's America-inspired enthusiasms. Released in December 1940, the scurrilous tone of the dialogue toward the USSR officials was consistent with US

the sale of government bonds. It forbade the use of "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the United States government, its flag, or

are interspersed with sudden outbursts of cheers, chants, insults and scurrilous gestures when their team or the opposing team scores a goal. Father &

Like "birthers", "deathers" are shamefully lying and trafficking in scurrilous rumors to incite fear and achieve their stated political objective of

circles, probably because they mixed serious political analysis with scurrilous libels of the political elite. The journalists and publishers were often

its allegations. Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan called it "scurrilous allegations dressed up as an intelligence report meant to damage Donald

speculator; his play Mahomet le prophete ou le fanatisme (1741) [t], invents scurrilous legends & attacks hypocrisy, (also being a hidden attack on the French

although he did excel at poetry. He attracted trouble at school by writing scurrilous rhymes about his contemporaries and members of staff. He played rugby

the suit was "entirely without merit" and was "a series of recycled, scurrilous and unjustified attacks." The plaintiffs' gender discrimination claims

basis in recent history for the allegations of decadent institutions and scurrilous behaviour that he used as justification for the wholesale dissolution

formal works, and are described by later critics as revealing both a scurrilous sentiment and a debt to German Expressionism. These sometimes anguished

program as a gentle and compassionate jurist before later becoming a scurrilous and scalding disciplinarian. Hatchett came up with her innovative sentencing

(Farmer-Labor-MN) was sentenced to a year and a day in the penitentiary for sending scurrilous and defamatory materials through the mail. (1933) John H. Hoeppel (D-CA)

secrets of their trade. Five years later, in 1683, Harvey published a scurrilous attack on the College of Physicians, under the title of The Conclave of

of John Diefenbaker and veterans affairs minister Gordon Churchill as "scurrilous and underhanded", and accusing them of having "sinister motives", and

majority-Christian population blasphemy laws may criminalize abusive or scurrilous speech about Christianity, and oftentimes, other religions and their adherents

during this time a Jamt from Lockne, the first known Jamtish poet, wrote a scurrilous song that was sung throughout the province during the war. The last segment

Britannicus by Nero). the biographer of the Historia Augusta relates the scurrilous (and, in the judgment of Anthony Birley, untrue) rumor that Commodus was

so extreme that its rival, the then-tiny Washington Post, called it "a scurrilous weekly sheet...to aid [Schade] in selling a patent beer-bung starter."

pamphlets followed. Again, in 1772, Crookshanks brought a similar but more scurrilous charge against Knowles's secretary, the judge advocate at his trial, who

in the Gray investigation update. Mirza considered Johnson's comment "scurrilous". The Daily Mirror reported sources saying the police had a photograph

over whether the magazine was guilty of publishing "immoral, indecent or scurrilous material". Buddies in Bad Times, Canada's oldest surviving theatre company

these oppressors, in turn, sensing his strength, were less rude, damp and scurrilous… Literary critic Lynne Waldeland suggests a more sinister element arises

blame the Congress for delay with what the New York Times described as "scurrilous remarks," do not help the process move forward." The Act was opposed by

days later, saying in her resignation letter that Johnson had made "a scurrilous accusation" against Starmer. Also on 3 February, during an interview with

person and all the press of England and Scotland teemed with blustering or scurrilous remarks on "Paddy Kilmaine and his gang". In truth General Kilmaine never

Callender, who had been fined and imprisoned under the Sedition Act for his scurrilous attacks on Adams, attempted, in effect, to blackmail Jefferson. In advance

Howard reportedly has 'never worked so hard on a score,' and despite the scurrilous rumours of teams of ghost-writers being hired to help, the quality of

Retrieved 3 February 2022. "Boris Johnson's policy chief quits over PM's 'scurrilous' Savile remark". The Guardian. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022

the composer of the winning melody (which according to one possibly scurrilous suggestion he had "borrowed" from his father). In Trier and the surrounding

It was often said that Lane was George Bernard Shaw's model for the scurrilous surgeon, Cutler Walpole—obsessed with excising the "nuciform sac", said

literature", phrasing that was rebuked by at least one notable reviewer as "scurrilous" and "lamentable". Somewhat paradoxically, he also states that both he

entitled "How NOT to Be an Arts Advocate," Kamhi argued that Kessler's "scurrilous" post revealed "arrogance compounded with ignorance." Edward O. Stewart

the turn of the century, should be burnt; she thought it immoral and scurrilous". Around 1920, Bruce-Mitford was thereby sent to Brightlands preparatory

contained in it are borrowed from Pulteney's A Proper Reply to a late Scurrilous Libel. In 1810, Ugo Foscolo wrote a satirical essay, Ragguaglio d'un'adunanza

portrayed by Luca Marinelli, sings a parody of "Il pescatore" using vulgar, scurrilous lyrics. Entry for De André canta De André at Discogs Entry for De André

September 2007. Michael Howie (8 December 2007). "Scots tycoon attacks 'scurrilous allegations' as he comes out as McCanns' secret funder". The Scotsman

Benhayon says he has nothing to hide and claims the print media has printed "scurrilous lies" and "that the false allegations are nothing but an orchestrated

criminalized any expression of opinion that used "disloyal, profane, scurrilous or abusive language" about the U.S. government, flag or armed forces.

Pott household after Mr Winkle and Mrs Pott flirt mildly, provoking a scurrilous article in Pott's rival paper, the Eatanswill Independent. Pross, Miss

grant in support of a free school in the Noble Temple. When a clique of scurrilous characters took control of the Parliament in the following year they closed

construction site, trying to get back his sandwich. But the blue cat and his scurrilous companions get lost inside the immense pyramid. Note: Beginning with this

"gabby, colorfully gripey, intelligently critical, and entertainingly scurrilous". Most of all, they were intended to connect the short-haired, often isolated

Matthaeus", and had thereby managed to track back to his own authorship of the scurrilous rhymes. He reflected then on the possibility that the "left-wing offices"

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Retrieved 30 June 2020. "GE2020: PAP's Murali, SDP's Chee speak out on 'scurrilous attack' on the former's family". CNA. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June

complained to the previous parliament when he became the subject of a scurrilous publication. Later in the session, the House decided to use the same committee

he found that during his absence the Joint Board had distributed two "scurrilous bulletins" inside his factories. That same day, Nash wrote to Hillman

and Lewis. London: Collins. p. 178. Wilkes, Roger (2002). Scandal : a scurrilous history of gossip. London: Atlantic. p. 111. ISBN 9781903809631. Donald

insolvency, a disastrous love entanglement that led to a mental breakdown, and scurrilous attacks by political conservatives, many of them fuelled by his indiscreet

anime, and the manga (Japanese comic books) that inspire them are pretty scurrilous pop art forms. Filled with perfectly sculpted heroes, large-breasted and

conservative press denounced the "school revolution" brought about by these "scurrilous laws," which resulted in the January 11, 1883 decree condemning the four

Federal Parliament, declaring the church's assertions 'gratuitous and scurrilous'. In his book The High Price of Heaven, author David Marr wrote that the