He said, "it was common, when two YAHOOS discovered such a stone in a field, and were contending which of them should be the proprietor, a third would take the advantage, and carry it away from them both;" which my master would needscontend to have some kind of resemblance with our suits at law; wherein I thought it for our credit not to undeceive him; since the decision he mentioned was much more equitable than many decrees among us; because the plaintiff and defendant there lost nothing beside the stone theycontended for: whereas our courts of equity would never have dismissed the cause, while either of them had any thing left.

They are intended for the perusal of young women, at that tender age when the feelings of their nature begin to act on them most insidiously, and when their minds are least prepared by reason and experience tocontend with their passions.

Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able tocontend. Abeunt studia in mores.

The Mancontended that he and his fellows were stronger than lions by reason of their greater intelligence.

In the first morality it is the eagle which, looking down upon a browsing lamb,contends that "eating lamb is good." In the second, the slave-morality, it is the lamb which, looking up from the sward, bleats dissentingly: "Eating lamb is evil."

It iscontended that the national council ought to have no concern with any object of internal administration.

In that part of the western division of this kingdom which is commonly called Somersetshire, there lately lived, and perhaps lives still, a gentleman whose name was Allworthy, and who might well be called the favourite of both nature and fortune; for both of these seem to havecontended which should bless and enrich him most.

The association had furthercontended that 'intra-court appeals have been filed against the judgment in writ petition of 2016, which has not yet been decided, hence impugned order is without lawful authority.'