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" 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... "
Seldeniana, Or, The Table-talk of John Selden, Esq;: Being His Sense of ... - Page 64
by John Selden - 1798 - 136 pages
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry:: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs ...

1765 - 388 pages
...LJBELI, yet you mayfee by them how the wind fits: As take a ftraw and throw it up into the air, you may fee by that, which way the wind is, which you fhall not do by cafting up a ilone. More folid things do not fhew the complexion cf the times fo well as BALLADS and...
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Table Talk: Being the Discourses

John Selden - 1786 - 190 pages
...third, &c. LIBELS. T. TH OU GH some marke 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 sea by that which way the wind is, which you iJ;alL not do by caning up a, stooe. More solid...
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The lives of J. Selden ... and abp. Usher

John Aikin - 1812 - 462 pages
...political sagacity : " 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...
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The Lives of John Selden, Esq., and Archbishop Usher: With Notices of the ...

John Aikin - 1812 - 468 pages
...political sagacity : " 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...
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The Table Talk of John Selden

John Selden - 1818 - 678 pages
...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 you shall not do by casting up a stone. More solid things...
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Seldeniana, or The table-talk of John Selden

John Selden - 1818 - 230 pages
...a third, &c. LIBELS. THOUGH some make slight of libels, yet yon 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...
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Essay on English poetry

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 344 pages
..." Though some make slight of libels," says Selden, " 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...
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Essays, Moral and Entertaining

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1819 - 378 pages
...third, &c. LIBELS. Though some may 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...
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The British Prose Writers: Sheldon's table talk. Sir W. Blackstone's ...

1821 - 328 pages
...third, &c. LIBELS. Though some may 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...
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Selden's table talk

John Selden - 1821 - 170 pages
...porter a third, &c. Though some may 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...
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