 | Izaak Walton - 1836 - Liczba stron: 358
...power to resolve you ; I leave it to be resolved by the college of Carthusians, who have made vowa never to eat flesh. But, I have heard, the question...debated among many great clerks, and they seem to diffeY about it ; yet most agree that her tail is fish : and if her body be fish too, then I may say... | |
 | 1841 - Liczba stron: 536
..."let me ask you a pleasant question; do you hunt a beast or a fish?" " Sir," replies the otter hunter, "it is not in my power to resolve you ; I leave it...tail is fish; and if her body be fish too, then I m;iy say that a fish will walk upon land ; for an otter does so, sometimes five or six or ten miles... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1851 - Liczba stron: 502
...I pray, honest Huntsman, let me ask you a pleasant question : do you hunt a beast or a fish ? HUNT. Sir, it is not in my power to resolve you, I leave...many great clerks, and they seem to differ about it ; \et most agree that her tail is fish : and if her body be fish too, then I may say, that a fish will... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1856 - Liczba stron: 592
...your hands that can be thought on against wet weather. Ven. Why, sir, what is the skin worth ? Hunt. Sir, it is not in my power to resolve you; I leave...differ about it: yet most agree that her tail is fish. 3 And if her body be fish .too, then I may say that a fish will walk upon land; for an otter does so,... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Henry George Bohn - 1856 - Liczba stron: 634
...I pray, honest huntsman, let me ask you a pleasant question ; do you hunt a beast or a fish ? Hunt. Sir, it is not in my power to resolve you ; I leave...differ about it : yet most agree that her tail is fish.3 And if her body be fish, too, then I may say that a fish will walk upon land ; for an otter... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1869 - Liczba stron: 116
...Do you hunt a beast or a fish ? H. Sir, It is not in my power to resolve you ; for the question has been debated among many great clerks, and they seem to differ about it; but most agree that his tail is fish : and if his body be fish too, then I may say, that a fish will... | |
 | Elliott Coues - 1877 - Liczba stron: 414
...question: do you hunt a beast, or a fish ? " Hunt. Sir, it is not in my power to resolve you ; yet I leave it to be resolved by the College of Carthusians,...seem to differ about it ; yet most agree that her tall is fish, and if her body be fish too, then I may say that a fish will walk upon land (for an Otter... | |
 | 1884 - Liczba stron: 738
...this. The otter huntsman is asked by Piscator whether he hunts a beast or a fish. "Sir," says he, " it is not in my power to resolve you ; I leave it...clerks, and they seem to differ about it ; yet most say that her tail is fish, and if her body be fish, too, then I may say that a fish will walk upon... | |
 | Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club - 1884 - Liczba stron: 426
...whether the otter is a beast or a fish ; but the honest man cannot give a decided answer, and adds that the question hath been debated among many great clerks, and they seem to differ about it, thus throwing a curious sidelight on the knowledge of zoology at the time. It is satisfactory to think... | |
 | 1890 - Liczba stron: 738
...it is not in my power to resolve you ; I leave it to be resolved by the college of Carthusians. ... I have heard the question hath been debated among...differ about it, yet most agree that her tail is fish. (Compleat Angler, II.) The easiest mode, however, of killing an otter is to wait for it at night by... | |
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Sir, it is not in my power to resolve you ; I leave it to be resolved by the college of Carthusians, who have made vows never to eat flesh. But I have heard, the question hath been debated among many great clerks : and they seem to differ about it : yet... 
