Nothing was more detestable to Swift than charlatanry and imposture.

Thou art tenfold more detestable than the howling mob down yonder, intent on rapine and destruction.

But what rendered such persons peculiarly detestable in modern times, was the communication which they were supposed to hold with the devil, to whom they sold themselves, and from whom, in return, they derived their information.

The Prussian king set up as a Caesar in 1871; Queen Victoria became the Caesar of India (Kaisir-i-Hind) under the auspices of Lord Beaconsfield, and last and least, that most detestable of all Coburgers, Ferdinand of Bulgaria, gave Kaiserism a touch of quaint absurdity by setting up as Czar of Bulgaria.

It is difficult how to rank the two first Georges; both were detestable as men, and scarcely tolerable as monarchs.

"There are crimes too detestable for credibility; and this would be such a one.

" "I hate nervous, fidgety women so: they're detestable with their whims.

She hates and admires in humble imitation; and echoes the words charming and detestable without consulting her own perceptions.