Grouse and Pheasant
animal · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
a pheasant · grouse · moors · pheasant
in the texts
An Essay on Crimes and Punishments
An example animal used to illustrate the danger of equating minor and grave offenses through identical punishment.
If the same punishment be decreed for killing a pheasant as for killing a man, or for forgery, all difference between those crimes will shortly vanish.
Law in a Free State
Game birds discussed in connection with the shooting season on Lord Brownmead's estate.
“you mean have I shot many grouse this season;
” “Oh, ah, yes, of course, October the 1st, pheasant-shooting, I see,” I replied, as soon as I caught his meaning.