 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 ! said...  the monthly journal - Page 100by several hands - 1774Full view - About this book
 | Michigan. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1884 - 504 pages
..."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 you been as ready to do justice to others as to exact it from them." This parable has left the impression on many a youthful... | |
 | Aesop - Fables - 1886 - 360 pages
...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 if, had you been as ready to do justice to others as to exact it from them. FABLE XV. ILton anfc tjje ffinat. Little mi'ids are so... | |
 | Aesop - Animals - 1903 - 264 pages
...the case ; I must inquire into the affair, and if " " And if I " said the Farmer — " the business, I find, would have been concluded without an if, had you been as ready to do justice to others as to exact it from them." Those who expect justice should be ready to accord it.... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1908 - 188 pages
...the case : I must inquire into the iffair; and if — " "And if!" said the farmer ; "the business • find would have been concluded without an if, had you been as ready to do justice to others as to exact it from them." FABLE V. THE CAT AND THE RAT. A certain cat had made such... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1908 - 184 pages
...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 if, had you been aa ready to do justice to others as to exact it from them." FABLE V. THE CAT AND THE RAT. A certain... | |
 | Morris Salem - Justice, Administration of - 1911 - 158 pages
...IwS.to.L/brar 011of FABLES. 135 quire into the affair, and if " "And if!" said the Farmer; "the business, I find, would have been concluded without an IF had you been as ready to do justice to others as to exact it from them." 4. The Wood and the Clown. A Countryman entered a Wood... | |
 | Martha Adelaide Holton, Charles Madison Curry - Readers - 1914 - 254 pages
...say? I mistake, it is your bull that killed one of my oxen." "And if," said the farmer; "the business I find would have been concluded without an if, had you been as ready to do justice to others as to exact it from them." Concern' (konsurn'), distress, regret; gored, wounded... | |
 | Carolyn Wells - Wit and humor - 1923 - 804 pages
...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 if, had you been as ready to do justice to others as to exact it from them." Reflection The injuries we do, and those we suffer, are... | |
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