 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 788 σελίδες
...king." And in such high estimation •were they then had in England, that by II. Henry VIII. c. 17. the punishment for taking their eggs was " imprisonment for a year and a day, and to be fined at the king's good pleasure." — It seems they are not quite so highly valued by those... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1807 - 506 σελίδες
...keep a swan, unless possessed of five marks a year. By a subsequent act, the punishment for inking their eggs, was imprisonment for a year and a day, and a fine at the king's will ! The swan is the most graceful ew immer in all nature. As Milton has it, " it proudly... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1813 - 434 σελίδες
...the king, was permitted to keep a swan, unless possessed of five marks a year. By a subsequent act, the punishment for taking their eggs, was imprisonment for a year and a day, and a fine at the king's will ! .The swan is the most graceful swimmer in all nature. As Milton has it, " it proudly... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 σελίδες
...the king, was permitted to keep a swan, unless possessed of five marks a year. By a subsequent act, the punishment for taking their eggs was imprisonment for a year and a day, and a fine at the king's will. At present they are but little valued for the delicacy of their flesh ; but "•... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1816 - 432 σελίδες
...the king, was permitted to keep a swan, unless possessed of five marks a year. Hy a subsequent act, the punishment for taking their eggs, was imprisonment for a year and a day, and a tine at the king's will ! The swan is the most graceful swimmer in all nature. As Milton has it, .... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 414 σελίδες
...son of the King ' was allowed to keep a swan, and no others, unless possessed of five marks a year— punishment for taking their eggs was, imprisonment for a year and a day, and fine at the king's will — places which abound with them, iv. 399. Swarms (of a bee-hive), several... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - 1818 - 552 σελίδες
...any, other than the son of our sovereign lord the king." And, by the eleventh of Henry VII. c. 17. the punishment for taking their eggs was imprisonment for a year and a day, and a fine at the king's will. Though at present they are not so highly valued as a delicacy, yet great numbers... | |
 | J. Macloc - 1820 - 348 σελίδες
...the king, were permitted to keep a swan, unless possessed of five marks a year. By a subsequent act, the punishment for taking their eggs was imprisonment for a year and a day, and a fine at the king's will. At present they are but little valued for the delicacy of their flesh; but numbers... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 510 σελίδες
...the king was permitted to keep a swan, unless possessed of five marks a-year. By a subsequent act, the punishment for taking their eggs was imprisonment for a year and a day, and a fine at the kmg's will. At present they are but little valued for the delicacy of their flesh, but many... | |
 | Mary Trimmer - 1825 - 278 σελίδες
...keep a Swan, unless possessed of a freehold to the value of five marks a year. By a subsequent act, the punishment for taking their eggs was imprisonment for a year and a day, and a fine at the king's will. At present they are not valued for the delicacy of their flesh ; but numbers are... | |
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Swans were formerly held in such great esteem in England, that, by an act of Edward the Fourth, none except the son of the king, was permitted to keep a swan, unless possessed of five marks a year. By a subsequent act, the punishment for taking their... 
