...tourmente. 13. Lay myself upon the knees Of Doom, and take mine everlasting ease. JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT. The law condemns the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common, But leaves the greater villain loose Who steals the common from the goose. FFH [Other versions are supplied...

...Op. cit. vol. ip 152. all interests and affections." In fact, they would exclaim with Hudibras : " The law condemns the man or woman Who steals the goose...the common, But lets the greater felon loose, Who iteals the common from the goose ! " Dugdale very ingeniously argues, with regard to the dreaded Bcarcity...

...people from time immemorial. We all know the old rhyme decrying the iniquitv of the law which Punishes the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common ; But lets the greater villain loose Who steals the common from the goose. I had always thought of a common, English or Irish,...

...been the work of the wretched convicts in the prisons at Prince Town. " The law condemns both man and woman, Who steals the goose from off the common ;...felon loose, Who steals the common from the goose." — Hitdibras. Therefore it would appear that the felons in Dartmoor prisons are set to work, by way...

...been the work of the wretched convicts in the prisons at Prince Town. "The law condemns both man and woman, Who steals the goose from off the common ;...felon loose, Who steals the common from the goose." — Hudibra-i. For whose advantage, and at what cost, is this done? As to the cost, the labour is said...

...as we listen without protest to this old saw that our horse repeats to us : — " The law locks up the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common, But lets the greater villain loose Who steals the common from the goose." Of course we will not countenance any such heresy,...

...on the fact that they have been robbed of the land and is well expressed in the homely lines : — " The law condemns the man or woman Who steals the goose...felon loose Who steals the common from the goose." This rhyme does not go far enough, however, for the law not only lets the greater felon loose, but...

...something is done to save our commons from enclosers. Well is it said : — ' ' The law is hard on man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common, But lets the greater sinner loose Who steals the common from the goose." A gossip and a liar are as like as two peas. A...

...from the poor by enclosure on the part of the rich. You recollect those old lines : — We prosecute the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common, But leases the greater felon loose Who steals the common from the goose. I go further, gentlemen. When...

...understood that, because they put it into rhyme. I will quote what they said : — The law locks up tho man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common, But lets that greater villain loose Who steals the сошшоп from the goose. And timt sort of stealth has...