 | History - 1795 - 532 pages
...human blood. But still, said the young one, I would gladly know the reason of this mutual slaughter ; J could never kill what I could not eat.. My child,...said the mother,, this is a question which I cannot an. swer, tho' I am reckoned the most subtle bird of the mountain. When I was young, I used frequently... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1806 - 360 pages
...hunting, and that you will soon revel in human blood. But still, said the young one, I would gladly know the reason of this mutual slaughter. I could...answer, though I am reckoned the most subtle bird of tl>e mountain. When I was young, I used frequently to visit the ayry of an old vulture, who dwelt jupon... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 410 pages
...hunting, and that you will soon revel in human blood. But still, said the young one, I would gladly know the reason of this mutual slaughter. I could...which I cannot answer, though I am reckoned the most subtile bird of the mountain. When I was young, I used frequently to visit the ayry of an old vulture,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...hunting, and that you will soon revel in human blood. But still, said the young one, 1 would gladly know the reason of this mutual slaughter. I could...which I cannot answer, though I am reckoned the most subtile bird of the mountain. When I was •youag. I used frequently to visit the ayr" "' :,.sjta»W!Tnb!rnr... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...hunting, and that you will soon revel in human blood.' ' But still," said the young one, ' I would gladly know the reason of this mutual slaughter. I could...mountain. When I was young, I used frequently to visit the aerie of an old vulture, who dwelt upon the Carpathian rocks ; he had made many observations; he knew... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...hunting, and that you will soon revel in human blood.' < But still,' said the young one, ' I would gladly know the reason of this mutual slaughter. I could...mountain. When I was young, I used frequently to visit the aerie of an old vulture, who dwelt upon the Carpathian rocks ; he had made many observations ; he knew... | |
 | Noah Worcester - Pacifism - 1816 - 814 pages
...hunting, and that you will soon revel in human blood.' ' But still,' said the young one, ' I would gladly know the reason of this mutual slaughter. I could...mountain. When I was young, I used frequently to visit the aerie of an old vulture, who dwelt upon the Carpathian rocks ; he had made many observations ; lie... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pages
...hunting, and that you will soon revel in human blood.' ' But still,' said the young one, 'I would gladly know the reason of this mutual slaughter. I could...mountain. When I was young, I used frequently to visit the aerie of an old vulture, who dwelt upon the Carpathian rocks ; he had made many observations; he knew... | |
 | English essays - 1822 - 494 pages
...hunting, and that you will soon revel in human blood.' ' But still,' said the young one, ' I would gladly know the reason of this mutual slaughter — I could...mountain. When I was young I used frequently to visit the aerie of an old vulture who dwelt upon the Carpathian rocks ; he had made many observations : he knew... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 762 pages
...and that you will soon revel in human blood." — " But still," said the young one, " I would gladly know the reason of this mutual slaughter. I could...mountain. When I was young, I used frequently to visit the ayry of an old vulture, who dwelt upon the Carpathian rocks ; he had made many observations ; he knew... | |
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But still," said the young one, "I would gladly know the reason of this mutual slaughter. I could never kill what I could not eat. 
