... specially if he be young, causes him to believe that he may just as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb ; and the end of that young man is not pretty. Macmillan's Magazine - Page 136edited by - 1894Full view - About this book
| Gilbert Abbott À Beckett - 1847 - 364 pages
...the learned gentleman declared himself sovereign of Wales, observing with much quaintness " One may as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb, and why not for a Welsh rabbit ?" Henry at once marched in pursuit, but the barrister was cautious enough... | |
| Gilbert Abbott À Beckett - 1864 - 692 pages
...the learned gentleman declared himself sovereign of Wales, observing with much quaiutness " One may as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb, and why not for a Welsh rabbit?" Henry at once marched in pursuit, but the C11AP. I.] BATTLE OF JUSBET... | |
| 1871 - 846 pages
...the luxury of babbling countenances, but prefer to keep our thoughts to ournelves. If this is lying, as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb, and lie loudly and persistently whenever it suits us. Of course we much prefer a countenance that tells... | |
| 1885 - 564 pages
...such small offences would naturally, one would think, suggest to other intending malefactors that they might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb — for a great crime as for a little one. Better luck, in 1507, had Emma Barefoot, a prisoner in gaol... | |
| Stanley John Weyman - 1891 - 308 pages
...horse-stealing. And horse-stealing was a hanging matter. But I had done so much already that I felt 1 might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb. I was not sure that I had not incited to treason, and what was stealing a horse beside that? "I will... | |
| Anthony Hope - 1894 - 246 pages
...that, when Bontet discovered that the necklace was in the inn, the two scoundrels, thinking that they might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb, had determined to make another attempt to secure the coveted spoil ; how, in pursuance of this scheme,... | |
| John Fiske - 1897 - 466 pages
...had already proclaimed them rebels, and would hang them for signing any part of the agreement ; one might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb, and as for himself he was not going to be satisfied with half support. They must choose between Berkeley... | |
| Rudyard Kipling - 1899 - 588 pages
...the soul of a man, and presently, 'specially if he be young, causes him to believe that he may just as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb ; and the end of that young man is not pretty. Nothing except a rattling fall will persuade an average colt... | |
| Rudyard Kipling - 1899 - 420 pages
...the soul of a man, and presently, 'specially if he be young, causes him to believe that he may just as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb ; and the end of that young man is not pretty. Nothing except a rattling fall will persuade an average colt... | |
| Rudyard Kipling - 1899 - 586 pages
...the soul of a man, and presently, 'specially if he be young, causes him to believe that he may just as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb ; and the end of that young man is not pretty. Nothing except a rattling fall will persuade an average colt... | |
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