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Definition of Libellers
1. libeller [n] - See also: libeller
Lexicographical Neighbors of Libellers
Literary usage of Libellers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Daniel Defoe: His Life, and Recently Discovered Writings ; Extending from by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"Public libellers meet with no Sympathy. AJ, July 1.—Sir, At a time when so many
of your Fraternity are in the Hands of the Law, and of Power, ..."
2. The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of by Roger North (1826)
"It is the practice of libellers to take, or make, any pretences for calumny ;
but if never so many things are done well, there is no notice taken of them. ..."
3. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution by David Hume (1858)
"These libellers, far from being tamed by the rigorous punishments which they had
undergone, showed still a disposition of repeating their offence; ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Roland Lomax Vaughan Williams, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1895)
"6 By the civil and canon law, *indeed, not only traitors and felons, but heretics,
apostates, usurers, famous libellers, incestuous bastards, ..."
5. A History of the English Church by George Gresley Perry (1900)
"Commencement of the libellers. § 5. Dr. Bridges publishes his "defence." § 6.
The libellers most violent during the danger from the Spaniards. § 7. ..."
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