| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1707 - 332 pages
...Law, he faid, "It " was true, we give Law to Hares, and Deer, becaufe they " are Beafts of Chafe j but it was never accounted either "Cruelty, or Foul Play, to knock Foxes and Wolves on the "head as they can be found, becaufe they are Beafts of Prey. In a word, the Law and the Humanity were alike;... | |
| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1717 - 322 pages
...give Law to Hares, and Deer, becaufe they " are Beafts of Chafe ; but it was never accounted either cc Cruelty, or Foul Play, to knock Foxes and Wolves on the " head as they can be found, becaufe they are Beafts of Prey. In a word, the Law and the Humanity were alike;... | |
| 1901 - 604 pages
...in 1641. ' It is true,' said he in his speech against Strafford before the House of Lords, ' that ' we give law to hares and deer, because they are beasts...foul ' play to knock foxes and wolves on the head as they can f be found, because they are beasts of prey.' Although we cannot pretend to trace any connexion... | |
| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1807 - 500 pages
...law, he faid, " It was true, we give law to " hares and deer, becaufe they are beafts of chafe ; t* but it was never accounted either cruelty, or foul " play, to knock foxes and wolves on the head as they ** can be found, becaufe they are beafts of prey." In a word, the law and the humanity were... | |
| William Cobbett - 1810 - 538 pages
...have done to others ? It is true, we give law to hares and duers, because they be beasts of chace. But it was never accounted either cruelty or foul play to knock foxes and wolves on the head, because these be beasts of prey." — Such, Sir, was the language, such were the principles of the... | |
| 1810 - 598 pages
...have done to others ? It is true, we give law to hares and decrs, because they are beasts of chace ; 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 powlcats and other... | |
| 1810 - 538 pages
...do.ie to other.; ? h is true, we give law to hares and deers, because they be beasts o( cliace. Bat it was never accounted either cruelty or foul play to knock foxes and wolves on the head, because these be beasts of prey." — Such, Sir, was the language, such were the principles of the... | |
| 1810 - 632 pages
...have done to others? It is true, we give law to hares and deers, because they are beasts of chace; 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 powlcats and other... | |
| Walter Scott - 1810 - 454 pages
...Earl of Straffbrd : " It was true, we give laws to hares and deer, because they are beasts of chace; 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... | |
| William Oldys, John Malham - 1810 - 606 pages
...true, we give law to hares and doers, because they are beasts of chace; it was never accounted cither 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 powlcats and other... | |
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