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There were rejoinders from Mr. McGee in the columns of the Nation, and surrejoinders by the Bishop in various newspapers.

A spirited correspondence followed, for Lord Palmerston knew his business, and had abundant faculty of application; while Mr. Gladstone, for his part, was too much in earnest to forego rejoinder and even surrejoinder.

So on, assertion, rejoinder, surrejoinder, and rebuttal, till the dispassionate philosopher in the pillows wearied of his conceit and directed his thoughts toward breakfast.

If we should begin to ask for explanations, we might receive forced replies, and our surrejoinders would also have to be forced.

Answer -- N. answer, response, reply, replication, riposte, rejoinder, surrejoinder†, rebutter, surrebutter†, retort, repartee; rescript, rescription†; antiphon†, antiphony; acknowledgment; password; echo; counter statement. discovery &c.