They had a rapid altercation, in which they fastened upon each other various strange epithets.
The chant came to an end, and the three gracious epithets in which it closes were full of wailing, and the children's voices were very high.
One day a well set up, affable, cool young man disturbed him at his club, and he and O'Roon were soon pounding each other and exchanging opprobrious epithets after the manner of long-lost friends.
The gradual disruption of parties, and the new and radical attitudes assumed by men of independent thought, gave ample occasion to indulge in such epithets as "apostates," "renegades," and "traitors." Unusual acrimony grew out of the zeal of the Church and its ministers.