 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Chief justices - 1849 - 620 pages
...have done to others ? It is true we give law to hares and deers, 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 these be beasts of prey. The warrener sets traps for polecats and other vermin for preservation... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1849 - 704 pages
...to hares and deer, because they be beasts of chase ; but it was never accounted either crueltv J 9 or foul play, to knock 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 beiug more... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1851 - 504 pages
...law in such a case ? It was true we give laws to hare 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, where they may be found, because they are beasts of prey."^ After Strafford's conviction, Lane remained... | |
 | NBC University of the Air - America - 1852 - 534 pages
...Rebellion, vol. ip 426. ' " It 's true we give law to hares and doers, because they be beasts of " chace ; it was never accounted either cruelty or foul play...foxes " and wolves on the head as they can be found, because these be beasts of " prey. The warrencr sets traps for polecats and other vermin for preserv"... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1856 - 776 pages
...unfortunate Earl of Stratford: "It wastrae, we gave laws to hares and deer, because they are beasts of chase; but it was never accounted either cruelty or foul play to knock foxes or wolra on the head as they can be found, because they are beasts of prey. In a word, the law and... | |
 | John Campbell (1st baron.) - 1857 - 426 pages
...law in such a case ? It was true we 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, where they may be found, because they are beasts of prey.'" 3 St. Tr. 14J2. 2 Parl. Hist J32. 1 3 St.... | |
 | Walter Scott - Poetry, English - 1857 - 362 pages
...Earl of Strafford: "It was true, we gave laws to hares and deer, because they are 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 - 1857 - 444 pages
...of Stratford : — ' It was true, we give laws to hares and deer, because they are 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 372 pages
...Earl of Strafford : " It was true, we gave laws to hares and deer, because they are 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1858 - 952 pages
...or wolves on the head as they can be found, because they are beasts of prey. In a wont, the law anil humanity were alike ; the one being more fallacious, and the other more barbarous, than in any a?e had been vented in auoh an authority." — CLARENDON'« History of the Rebellion. Oxford, 1702,... | |
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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. 
