| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1707 - 332 pages
...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...more Barbarous, than in any Age had been vented in fueh an Auditory. •flxnmtnf THE fameday, asabetter Argument to the Lords fpeedily the Cmmt- to pafs... | |
| 1901 - 604 pages
...give law to hares and deer, because they are beasts of ' chase ; but it was never accounted either cruelty or 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 between... | |
| Walter Scott - Arthurian legend - 1810 - 454 pages
...or wolves on the head as they can be found, because they are beasts of prey.' In a word, the law and humanity were alike; the one being more fallacious,...more barbarous, than in any age had been vented in such an authority." — CLARENDON'S History of the Rebellion. Oxford, 1702, fol. vol. I. p. 183. Note... | |
| William Oldys, John Malham - Great Britain - 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 vermin, for preservation... | |
| Great Britain - 1810 - 632 pages
...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 vermin, for preservation... | |
| Harleian miscellany - 1808 - 624 pages
...give law to hares and deers, because they are beasts of chace ; it was never accounted either cruelly 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 verm in, for preservation... | |
| William Oldys, John Malham - Great Britain - 1810 - 634 pages
...to hares and dccrs, because they are beasts of chace; it was never accounted either cruelty or foal 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 vermin, for preservation... | |
| Great Britain - 1810 - 538 pages
...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... | |
| William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1810 - 538 pages
...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... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 pages
...or wolves on the head as they can be found, because they are beasts of prey. In a word, the law and humanity were alike; the one being more fallacious,...the other more barbarous, than in any age had been rented in such an authority."—CLARENDON'S History of 0* Rebellion. Oxford, 1702. fol. vol. p. 183.... | |
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