In 1791, riled by a recent review that criticised a supposed abundance of "obscure language" and "imperfect grammar" in his poetry, celebrated Scottish poet Robert Burns channelled his anger and wrote the following magnificent letter to the critic responsible. 
It really is a thing of beauty.
Click through to read the letter.
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/01/thou-eunuch-of-language.html
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