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A midsummer's day-dream: Libellous, or a little book of the vision of Shawmut by James Cook Richmond
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Libellous as well accusing the Labour Party of doing something illegal.
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Libellous and potentially libellous material will be zapped, as will any overtly offensive profanity.
The forum is up Richard 2005
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Libellous or not, the first edition was all true, and except the declamation all, in my opinion, useful to be published.
Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle Clement King Shorter 1891
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Libellous verses too were thrown into the contribution boxes, and warning and gloomy messages from the Quakers; and John Rogers, in derision of a pompous New London minister, threw in the insulting contribution of an old periwig.
Sabbath in Puritan New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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'Libellous!' cried Felix, running his eye over the article.
The Pillars of the House, V1 Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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The More Wonders it describes as “a Libellous Book lately come into this Countrey ... which is writ (with what help we know not) by one Robert Calef, who presumes to call himself Merchant of Boston.”
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- Libellous to political personalities whom they ritualistically demonise just for the sport of it.
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Letter from the King to Lord Eldon on Libellous Publications.
Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville Buckingham and Chandos 1829
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