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The allegations of crime were almost all indefinite; the method was by allusion, suggestion, innuendo, and the combination of ingeniously selected pieces, to form a crude and hideous mosaic.
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John Morley
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Morley describes the vague and insinuative nature of allegations made against individuals in a political context.
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