 THOUGH some make slight of libels, yet you may see by them how the wind sits : as take a straw and throw it up into the air, you shall see by that which way the wind is, which you shall not do by casting up a stone. More solid things do not show the complexion...  The Scottish Historical Review - Page 1281909Full view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...the air, you shall see by that which way the wind is, which you shall not cío by casting up a stone. waters kiss'd, Whispering new joys to the mild Ocean, Who now ha 113 bullada and libels. Dcrils in tiic Head. A person of quality came to my chamber in the Temple,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1848 - 468 pages
...the air, you shall see by that which way the wind is, which you shall not do by casting up a stone. More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as ballads and libels." — Table Talk. t [See it in Percy's ' Reliques,' and in Wright's ' Political Songs of England,'... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1848 - 452 pages
...the air, you shall see by that which way the wind is, which you shall not do by casting up a stone. More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as ballads and libels." — Table Talk. t [See it in Percy's ' Reliques,' and in Wright's ' Political Songs of England,'... | |
 | Samuel Dunn - 1849 - 1194 pages
...the air, you shall see by that which way the wind is, which you shall not do by casting up a stone. More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as ballads and libels. 9. A MINISTER. — A priest has no such thing as an indelible character. What difference do... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...air, you shall все by that which way the wind is, which you shall not do by casting up a stone. , libels. Devils in the Head. A person of quality came to my chamber in the Temple, ami told me he had... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 pages
...the air, you shall see by that which way the wind is, which you shall not do by casting up a stone; more solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as ballads and libels.— Selderis Table- Talk. ANCESTRY. " The man who has not any thing to boast of but his illustrious... | |
 | 1840 - 524 pages
...trifling produce of the human imagination, are found in immediate contact with the sternest reality. Selden observes, 'More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as ballads and libels.' It is said that the old touching ballad of 'Ay de mi Alhama' was forbidden to be sung in the... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1853 - 252 pages
...the air, you shall see by that which way the wind is, which you shall not do by casting up a stone; more solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as ballads and libels.— &lden's Tdble-TaOe. ANCESTRY. " The man who has not any thing to boast of but his illustrious... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 pages
...the air, you shall see by that which way the wind is, which you shall not do by casting up a stone. More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as ballade and libels. Derili in Ле Bead, A person of quality came to my chamber in the Temple, and... | |
 | 1855 - 834 pages
...the air, you eball see by that which way the wind is, which you shall not do by casting up a stone. More solid things do not show the complexion of the times, so well as ballads and liklg.'' — Table Talk. t See it in Percy's Kdiqua, and in Wright'« Political Songs of England, p.... | |
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