 | George Brodie - Great Britain - 1822 - 624 pages
...generally and justly condemned — that " we give law to hares and deer, because they be beasts of chase ; but it was never accounted either cruelty 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 inculeated,... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1826 - 628 pages
...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 " cruelty, or foul...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 alike ; the one being... | |
 | Edward Hyde (1st earl of Clarendon.) - 1826 - 624 pages
...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 " cruelty, or foul...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 alike ; the one being... | |
 | Robert Vaughan - Great Britain - 1831 - 564 pages
...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, J. W. Lake - Poetry - 1838 - 496 pages
...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... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1838 - 268 pages
...of Strafford: "It was true, we give laws to hares and deer, hecause they are heasts of chase ; hut it was never accounted either cruelty or foul play, to knock foxes or wolves on the head as they can he found, hecause they are heasts of prey. In a word, the law and... | |
 | Edward Hyde (1st earl of Clarendon.), Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1839 - 516 pages
...the law, he said, " It was true, we give law to hares and deer, " because they be beasts of chase; but it was never " accounted either cruelty, or foul...foxes and wolves on the head as they can be found, " because they be beasts of prey." In a word, the law and the humanity were alike; the one being more... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - Great Britain - 1839 - 566 pages
...he have any law himself? It's true we give laws to hares and deers, because they be beasts of chase; it was never accounted either cruelty or foul play to knock foxes or wolves on the head, as they can be found, because these be beasts of prey. The warrener sets traps... | |
 | International law - 1845 - 544 pages
...illustration of Mr. St. John, — " It is true we give law to hares and deer, because they be beasts of chase; it was never accounted either cruelty or foul play...foxes and wolves on the head, as they can be found, because those be beasts of prey 3 ,"— WC are surely justified in contending, that transgressors of... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1845 - 672 pages
...law in such a case ? It was true we give law to hares and deer, because they arc beasts of chase ; but it was never accounted either cruelty or foul play to knock foxes and wolves on the head, where they may be found, because they are beasts of prey."* After Strafford's conviction, Lane remained... | |
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It was true, we give law to hares and deer, because they be beasts of chase ; but it was never accounted either cruelty, or foul play, to knock foxes and wolves on the head as they can be found, because they be beasts of prey. 
