“Not the part of hypercriticism and misconstruction of Northern 'Orders,' and affectionate blindness to Southern atrocities.”

“This canon of criticism might have been secure from the malignity of hypercriticism.”

“All this is hypercritical, but hypercriticism must be met with its own weapons.”

“Have thirty-eight years corrected my taste, or made me a hypercritic in these matters?”

“Nor was there a fault within the oval of her face upon which the hypercritics of mature age could set a finger.”