 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...  History of Civilisation - Página 192por William Alexander Mackinnon - 1846Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 páginas
...without logic is like a tree with leaves and blossoms, but no root. Libel». Though some make light of libels, yet you may see by them how the wind sits...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... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1853 - 252 páginas
...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...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 ancestors,"... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 páginas
...may see by them how the wind sits: as, tnke a straw, and throw it up into the air. you shall вее by that which way the wind is, which you shall not...do not show the complexion of the times, so well as Itallads andtibth." — TuWe Talk. Í See it in Percy's Ilcliquet, and in Wright's JUitturf Sonffs... | |
 | 1855 - 834 páginas
...yet you may see by them how the wind site: as, take a straw, and throw it up into the air, you eball see by that which way the wind is, which you shall...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.... | |
 | John Selden - 1856 - 324 páginas
...several allusions to it : Desdemona in assuring Cassia how she will urge his suit to Othello, says : do by casting up a Stone. More solid Things do not...Complexion of the times so well, as Ballads and Libels. • Liturgy. .HERE is no Church without a Liturgy, nor indeed can there be conveniently, as there is... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1857 - 612 páginas
...wind sits ; as, take a straw and throw it up into the air, you shall see by that which way the wiud is, which you shall not do by casting up a stone....complexion of the times so well as ballads and libels.' — Seldm's Table-Talk, edited by Irving, p. 107. The famous saying about 'ballads' and •* laws *... | |
 | Edward Edwards - 1859 - 902 páginas
...Library by Mr. Hallhvell, BOOK m. in 1851. If there be truth in Seld'en's opinion that more The cLtLu L\ solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as <hc«t<.r. Ballads, and the like ephemeral productions of the passing day, this collection must be... | |
 | Edward Edwards - 1859 - 898 páginas
...by Mr. Halliwell, in 1851. If there be truth in Selden's opinion that more ThV'ch¡th«m'i,¡solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as ehester. Ballads, and the like ephemeral productions of the passing day, this collection must be deemed... | |
 | William Walker Wilkins - 1860 - 332 páginas
...SQUARE POLITICAL BALLADS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES ANNOTATED BY W. WALKER WILKINS " More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so 'well as Ballads and Libels "— Selden's Table-Talk In Two Vols. VOLUME THE FIRST LONDON LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, AND ROBERTS... | |
 | William Walker Wilkins - 1860 - 364 páginas
...NEW-STREET SQUARE OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES ANNOTATED BY W. WALKER WJLKINS " M&re solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as Ballads and Libels "— Selden's Table-Talk In Two Vols. VOLUME THE SECOND LONDON LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, AND ROBERTS... | |
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