 | Leslie Stephen - Great Britain - 1899 - 492 pages
...shown to Strafford. ' We give law,' he said, ' to hares and deer, because they be beasts of chase ; it was never accounted either cruelty or foul play to knock foxes and wolves on the head . . . because they be beasts of prey.' It was the present, not the past, danger to which St. John and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1900 - 824 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... | |
 | Francis Pierrepont Barnard - Great Britain - 1902 - 590 pages
...anyhow, 'Be it by gins or snares or subtlety'; and Oliver St. John, speaking against Strafford, says, ' It was never accounted either cruelty or foul play to knock foxes or wolves on the head.' He, however, was a Parliamentarian and a man who was rarely known to smile,... | |
 | Scotland - 1904 - 1126 pages
...Lords, "It is true (he said) that we give laws to hares and deer because they are 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 beasts of prey." 1 It was not till more than a hundred years later that hounds were... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - World History - 1904 - 690 pages
...have any law himself? It's true we give laws to hares and deers, l>ecause 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... | |
 | William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole - Great Britain - 1907 - 566 pages
...understand than to excuse. " We give law," he said, " 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 they be beasts of prey." 1 Bristol advised Charles to save Strafford, if it were possible,... | |
 | Francis Charles Montague - Great Britain - 1907 - 564 pages
...understand than to excuse. " We give law," he said, " 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 they be beasts of prey." l Bristol advised Charles to save Straffbrd, if it were possible,... | |
 | Charles Howard McIlwain - Constitutional history - 1910 - 470 pages
...the law, he said, ' It was true, we give law to hares and deer, because they be beasts of the 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... | |
 | Charles Howard McIlwain - Constitutional history - 1910 - 444 pages
...the law, he said, ' It was true, we give law to hares and deer, because they be beasts of the 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... | |
 | Charles Howard McIlwain - Constitutional history - 1910 - 486 pages
...the law, he said, ' It was true, we give law to hares and deer, because they be beasts of the chase ; but it was never accounted either cruelty, or foul play, to knock foxes and wolves on the bead as they can be found, because they be beasts of prey.' In a word, the law and the humanity were... | |
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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. 
