Nobody called him to order; nobody interrupted him; and when he closed his awful phillipic, nobody tried to reply.— Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio
-- He closed his harangue by pronouncing a most withering phillipic against the whites.— An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830
Its cross-hand movement was a phillipic to her ever-ready-to-ferment fancy.— Star-Dust
"This phillipic gave rise to my satirical reply in self-defence."— The Grammar of English Grammars
Marquis d'Argens was in despair, and if Frederick had arrived at this moment he would have heard a reproachful phillipic from his impatient friend instead of a hearty welcome.— Frederick the Great and His Family
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