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Then Alborea, running short on arguments, started to cross the space that separated him from the Minorites, indicating with a loud voice and words I dare not repeat his firm intention to pull off the beard of the Bishop of Kaffa, whose masculinity he called into question, and who he planned to punish, by the logic of an eye for an eye, shoving that beard in a certain place.
The other Minorites rushed to form a barrier and defend their brother; the Avignonese thought it useful to lend the Dominican a hand, and (Lord have mercy on the best among thy sons!) a brawl ensued, which the abbot and the cardinal tried to quell.

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Deshyrs, lords, and ladies of the Assembly, I've already doubled the guard to prevent violence. Must I summon more?''

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Charles Sumner: If slavery was a woman, she'd be an ugly one, and the senator from South Carolina would like to boink her.
Senate Leader: Representative Brooks, do you have a rebuttal?
Rep. Preston Brooks: Oh, I have a rebuttal alright. Yeah, here's a rebuttal for ya!
Oversimplified, "The American Civil War"

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