Feathers Quotes
'The Winter's Tale' (1610-1) act 2, sc. 3, l. 153
Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.'-William Boot
'Scoop' (1938) bk. 1, ch. 1
A feather will weigh down a scale when there is nothing in the opposite one.
Thomas Robert Malthus (1820). “Principles of Political Economy Considered with a View to Their Practical Application”, p.406
Isaac BICKERSTAFFE (1825). “The Padlock, etc”, p.10
Alexander Smith (1866). “Miss Oona McQuarrie: A sequel to Alfred Hagart's household”, p.141
John Ray, John Belfour (1813). “A complete collection of English proverbs: also, the most celebrated proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, and other languages”, p.134
George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.344
With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.
Aeschylus (1868). “The Tragedies of Aeschylos: The Persians. The seven who fought against Thebes. Prometheus bound. The suppliants. Fragments. Appendix of rhymed choruses”, p.231
George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.325