 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...  Tales and Novels - Seite 25von Maria Edgeworth - 1836Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 460 Seiten
...circumstances and by nature, or by, second nature, to the vigilance of a dependent's life ; accustomed to watch and consult daily the barometer of court favour, he...these straws which way the wind set, the commissioner be-, gan with all possible skill and dexterity to trim his boat. But dexterous trimmer though he was,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 Seiten
...services, is nothing. To be as good as their word is all the expense and difficulty. — Bruyere. DXXXV. Though some make slight of libels, yet you may see by them how the wind sits: as, take* a straw and throw it up in the air, you shall see by that which way the wind is, which... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 Seiten
...services, is nothing. To be as good as their word is all the expense and difficulty. — Bruyere. uxxxv. Though some make slight of libels, yet you may see by them how the wind sits: as, take a straw and throw it up in the air, you shall see by that which way the wind is, which... | |
 | 1831 - 368 Seiten
...and he would have his cook dress one dish, and his coachman another, his porter a third, &c. LIBELS. 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... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1833 - 374 Seiten
...circumstances and by nature, or by second nature, to the vigilance of a dependent's life; accustomed to watch and consult daily the barometer of court favour, he...though he was, and " prescient of change," he did yet not foresee from what quarter the storm would come. Count Altenberg's letters had unveiled completely... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1841 - 418 Seiten
...circumstances and by nature, or by second nature, to the vigilance of a dependent's life; accustomed to watch and consult daily the barometer of court favour, he...libels, yet you may see by them how the wind sets." Count Altenberg's letters had unveiled completely the envoy Cunningham Falconer's treachery as far... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1810 - 726 Seiten
...make a speech tor my lord mayor, he desirt'd to take measure of his lordship's mouth." Libels — " 1. Though some make slight of libels, yet you may see by them how the wind sits: a> take a straw and throw it up into the air, y*u shall see by that which way the wind is, which... | |
 | William Alexander Mackinnon - 1846 - 444 Seiten
...character of public opinion. Speaking of productions of this class, the celebrated John Selden says, " 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,... | |
 | Samuel Dunn - 1849 - 1194 Seiten
...matter to work in, or objects to work upon ; but wit and wisdom are born with a 111:111. 8. LIBELS. — Though some make slight of libels, yet you may see by them how the wind sets ; as, take a straw and throw it up into the air, you shall see by that which way the wind is, which... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 Seiten
...the greater number of annuals. — Southey's Omnia. PAMPHLETS AND BALLADS. Though some may make light of libels,* yet you may see by them how the wind sets ; as take a straw, and throw it up into the air, you shall see by that which way the wind is, which... | |
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