On such occasions we smother our opponents with invective and with a consoling vituperation.
If they do not like his invective, let them produce better invective.
But one cannot put down a rebellion by staying many thousands of miles away and hurling invective at the rebels.
We need not rely on anything that can be dismissed as rhetoric or politically motivated invective.
Nobody can use language quite so appropriate on matters of this kind as this great master of invective.
They tend to use the theological slogans as rallying points and as points of invective.
Trade, investment, tourism and diplomatic engagement confer no immunity from the harshest invective if that line is crossed.
The section about invectives (195-6), which follows that about politeness formulas and is supported by a dialogue (212-14), will be appreciated by many readers.
