 | 1795 - 432 Seiten
...all circumstances which are not to the purpose. For instance, in the case already mentioned : they never desire to know what claim or title my adversary hath to my 13 • cowj cow; but whether the said cow were red or black ; her horns long or short ; whether the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 406 Seiten
...instance, in the case already mentioned : they never desire to know what claim or title my adversary has to my cow ; but whether the said cow were red or black...her in be round or square; whether she was milked at home or abroad ; what diseases she is subject to, and the like ; after which they consult precedents,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 392 Seiten
...instance, in the case already mentioned : they never desire to know what claim or title my adversary has to my cow ; but whether the said cow were red or black...or short; whether the field I graze her in be round cr square; whether she was milked at home or abroad; what diseases she is subject to, and the Jike;... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 490 Seiten
...instance, in the case already mentioned, they never desire to know what claim or title my adversary has to my cow ; but whether the said cow were red or black...her in be round or square ; whether she was milked at home or abroad ; what diseases she is subject to, and the like; after which they consult precedents,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1834 - 354 Seiten
...instance, in the case already mentioned ; they never desire to know what claim or title my adversary has to my cow ; but whether the said cow were red or black...field I graze her in be round or square ; whether she wa* milked at home or abroad ; what diseases she is subject to, and the like ; after which they consult... | |
 | 1841 - 744 Seiten
...upon all circumstances which are not to the purpose. For instance, in the case already mentioned, they never desire to know what claim or title my adversary...field I graze her in be round or square ; whether she were milked at home or abroad ; what diseases she is subject to, and the like. After which they consult... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1841 - 710 Seiten
...upon all circumstances which are not to the purpose. For instance, in the case already mentioned, they never desire to know what claim or title my adversary...my cow, but whether the said cow were red or black, ber horns long or short ; whether the field I graze her in be round or square ; whether she were milked... | |
 | 1842 - 1124 Seiten
...instance, in the case already mentioned they never desire to know what claim or title my adversary has to my cow ; but whether the said cow were red or black...her in be round or square ; whether she was milked at home or abroad; what diseases she is subject to, and the like; after which they consult precedents,... | |
 | 1849 - 214 Seiten
...instance, in the case already mentioned they never desire to»know what claim or title my adversary has to my cow ; but whether the said cow were red or black...her in be round or square ; whether she was milked at home or abroad ; what diseases she is subject to, and the like ; after which they consult precedents,... | |
 | John Stewart - 1849 - 244 Seiten
...instance, in the case already mentioned they never desire to know what claim or title my adversary has to my cow; but whether the said cow were red or black j her horns long or short ; whether the field I graze her in be round or square ; whether she was milked... | |
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In pleading, they studiously avoid entering into the merits of the cause; but are loud, violent, and tedious in dwelling upon all circumstances which are not to the purpose. For instance, in the case already mentioned: they never desire to know what claim... 
