| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 páginas
...plea of law proposed for the unfortunate Earl of Stratford : '.' It was true, we give laws to hares and deer, because they are beasts of chase; but it...accounted either cruelty or foul play to knock foxes or wolves on the head as they can be found, because they are beasts of prey. In a word, the law and... | |
| George Brodie - 1822 - 652 páginas
...which has been generally and justly condemned — that " we give law to hares and deer, because they be beasts of chase ; but it was never accounted either...or foul play to knock foxes and wolves on the head ;" and therefore the reader may be gratified with the context. " My Lords, it hath been often inculcated,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1822 - 400 páginas
...the plea of law proposed for the unfortunate Earl of Strafford : " It was true, we give laws to hares and deer, because they are beasts of chase ; but it...accounted either cruelty or foul play to knock foxes or wolves on the head as they can be found, because they are beasts of prey. In a word, the law and... | |
| George Brodie - 1822 - 624 páginas
...would have done to others? It's true, we give law to hares and deers, because they be beasts of chase : It was never accounted either cruelty or foul play to knock foxes and wolves on the head, as they can be found, because these be beasts of prey. The warrener sets traps for polecats and other... | |
| Edward Hyde (1st earl of Clarendon.) - 1826 - 624 páginas
...pressing the law, he said, " It was true, we " give laws x to hares and deer, because they are y " beasts of chase ; but it was never accounted either...foul play, to knock foxes and wolves " on the head as they can be found, because they " are z beasts of prey." In a word, the law and the humanity were... | |
| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1826 - 628 páginas
...pressing the law, he said, " It was true, we " give laws * to hares and deer, because they are 7 " beasts of chase ; but it was never accounted either...foul play, to knock foxes and wolves " on the head as they can be found, because they " are z beasts of prey." In a word, the law and the humanity were... | |
| Robert Vaughan - 1831 - 564 páginas
...would not allow others to have law, ought not to have any himself. It is true we give laws to hares and deer, because they are beasts of chase ; but it was never accounted cruelty or foul play to knock foxes and wolves on the head, because they are beasts of prey." This... | |
| Robert Vaughan - 1831 - 564 páginas
...is true we give laws to hares and deer, because they are beasts of chase; but it was never accounted cruelty or foul play to knock foxes and wolves on the head, because they are beasts of prey." This language is not to be justified, but the conduct of the accused... | |
| Walter Scott - 1838 - 380 páginas
...the plea of law proposed for the unfortunate Earl of Stafford : "It was true, we give laws to hares and deer, because they are beasts of chase ; but it...accounted either cruelty or foul play to knock foxes or wolves on the head as they can be found, because they are beasts of prey. In a word, the law and... | |
| Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 páginas
...lend, unfortunate earl of Strafford: " It was true, we give laws to hares and deer, because they «re beasts of chase; but it was never accounted either cruelty or foul play to knock foxes or wolves on the head as they can be found, because they are beasts of prey. In a word, the law and... | |
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