 | Simon Kerl - English language - 1864 - 398 pages
...the passive form, is still in good use ; as, "I am mistaken :" but the aotiv« form is also used; as, "I mistake: it is your bull that has killed one of my oxen." " You are mistaken," can be sometimes conceived as being a delicate euphemism for, " I misconceive... | |
 | American Tract Society (Boston, Mass.) - Freed persons - 1866 - 278 pages
...replied the lawyer, " and will not think it unreasonable that I expect one of thy oxen in return." 3. " It is no more than justice," quoth the farmer, " to...mistake. It is your bull that has killed one of my oxen." 4. " Indeed ! " says the lawyer ; " that alters the case. I must inquire into the affair ; and if"... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pages
...life, an unrestrained indulgence is inevitable destruction. SELECT APOLOGUES. 75 7. — THE PAHTIAL JUDGE. A farmer came to a neighboring" lawyer, expressing...; " that alters the case : I must inquire into the affair ; and if " " And IF ! " said the farmer — "the business, I find, would have been concluded... | |
 | 1784 - 378 pages
...continued he, has been gored by an unlucky bull of mine, and I shall be glad to know how I am to make you a reparation. Thou art a very honest fellow, replied...Lawyer ; that alters the case : I must inquire into the affair ; and if And if! said the Farmer ; the business I find would have been concluded without an... | |
 | 1874 - 738 pages
...return. It is no more than juftice, quoth the Farmer, to be fure ; but what did I fay ? — I miftake — It is your Bull that has killed one of my Oxen. Indeed ! fays the Lawyer, that alters the cafe; I 418 WEBSTER 8 SPELLING BOOK. muft inquire into the affair;... | |
 | 1875 - 797 pages
...It is no more than juftice., quoth the Farmer, to be fure ; but what did I fay ? — I miftake — It is your Bull that has killed one of my Oxen. Indeed ! fays the Lawyer, that alters the cafe; I 544 WEBSTER'S SPELLING BOOK. 545 muft inquire into the affair;... | |
 | Aesopus - Fables - 1878 - 370 pages
...tinued he, has been gored by an unlucky bull of mine, and I shall be glad to know how I am to make you a reparation. Thou art a very honest fellow, replied...Lawyer ; that alters the case: I must inquire into the affair; and if And if ! said the Farmer ; the business I find would have been concluded without an... | |
 | Aesopus - 1881 - 466 pages
...dinner upon his carcase. THE PARTIAL JUDGE. 345 THE PARTIAL JUDGE. A FARMER came to a neighbouring lawyer, expressing great concern for an accident which,...your bull that has killed one of my oxen." " Indeed," said the Lawyer, " that alters the case ; I must inquire into the affair, and if ." "And if!" said... | |
 | Michigan. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1884 - 504 pages
..."It is no more than justice," said the farmer, "but what did 1 say? I mistake ; it is your bull that killed one of my oxen." "Indeed," says the lawyer, "that alters the case. I must inquire into the affair, and if and if " Said the farmer; "The business would have been concluded without an if, had... | |
 | Aesop, Oliver Goldsmith - Fables - 1886 - 360 pages
...continued he, has been gored by an unlucky bull of mine, and I shall be glad to know how I am to make you a reparation. Thou art a very honest fellow, replied...Lawyer ; that alters the case : I must inquire into the affair ; and if And if ! said the Farmer ; the business I find would have been concluded without an... | |
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It is no more than justice," quoth the farmer, " to be sure. But what did I say ? I mistake. It is your bull that has killed one of my oxen." " Indeed ! " says the lawyer ; " that alters the case : I must inquire into the affair ; and if " " And IF !... 
