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" The habit of confidence and deference for his genius and integrity remained, and to him no difference for some time appeared, in consequence of the secret decay of favour. Commissioner Falconer, timid, anxious, restless, was disposed by circumstances... "
Tales, and Miscellaneous Pieces - Seite 298
von Maria Edgeworth - 1825
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral, of Francis Bacon ...

Francis Bacon - 1890 - 460 Seiten
...bear. On the significance of libels, whether defamatory or not, vide Selden's Table Talk, sub voce : ' 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...
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The Novels of Maria Edgeworth: In Twelve Volumes, Band 8

Maria Edgeworth - 1893 - 428 Seiten
...was disposed by circumstances and by nature, or by second nature, to the vigilance of a dependant's life ; accustomed to watch and consult daily the barometer...these straws which way the wind set, the commissioner began with all possible skill and dexterity to trim his boat. But dexterous trimmer though he was,...
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Percy's Reliques of ancient English poetry nach der ersten ausgabe ..., Band 1

Thomas Percy - 1893 - 566 Seiten
...imitation of the ancient Scottish Manner [361] 27. Admiral Hosier's Ghost [367] The Glossary [372] 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 may see by that, which way the wind is, which...
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The Works of John Knox, Band 3

John Knox - 1895 - 592 Seiten
...Melancholy, p. 149, edit. 1632.) The learned Selden, in his Table Talk, art. " Libels," has remarked, " Though some make slight of libels. yet you may see by them how the wind sits. . . . More solid things do not shew the complexion of the times so well as ballads and libels."...
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Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern, Band 33

Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 482 Seiten
...make a Speech for my Lord Mayor, he desir'd to take the measure of his Lordship's mouth. LIBELS THO' some make slight of Libels, yet you may see by them how the wind fits: 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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Library of the World's Best Literature: A-Z

Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - 1897 - 680 Seiten
...make a Speech for my Lord Mayor, he desir'd to take the measure of his Lordship's mouth. LIBELS THO' some make slight of Libels, yet you may see by them how the wind fits: 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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The Advertisements of the Spectator

Lawrence Lewis - 1909 - 334 Seiten
...never uttered anything wiser than his little sermon on the adage about straws in the wind : " Tho' 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...
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The Newspaper and Authority

Lucy Maynard Salmon - 1923 - 574 Seiten
...SUITS " A lie will make the circuit of the globe while truth is putting on its boots to follow." "Tho' 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...
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Culture and Politics in Early Stuart England

Kevin Sharpe - 1993 - 400 Seiten
...'Raylinge Rymes and Vaunting Verse': Libellous Politics in Early Stuart England, 1603-1628 ALASTAIR BELLANY 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...
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The Royal Image: Representations of Charles I

Thomas N. Corns - 1999 - 340 Seiten
...potentially more demotic. John Selden's assessment of the informative value of ephemera is well known: 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...
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