I do not find that Turgot, or Condorcet, or the rest of the economists, ever reckoned the combing of the head a species of productive labour; and I conclude, therefore, that wherever French principles have been propagated, _Lice_ grow to an immoderate size, especially in a warm climate like that of Egypt.

I shall only add, that we ought to be sensible of the blessings we enjoy under a free and happy Constitution, where Lice and men live under the restraint of equal laws the only equality that can exist in a well-regulated state.
"LORD POLKEMMET .-- It should be observed, my Lord, that what is called a Beetle is a reptile very well known in this country.

I have seen mony are o' them in Drumshorlin Muir; it is a little black beastie, about the size of my thoom-nail.
The country-folks ca' them Clocks; and I believe they ca' them also Maggy-wi'-the-mony-feet; but they are not the least like any Louse that ever I saw; so that, in my opinion, though the defender may have made a blunder through ignorance, in comparing them, there does not seem to have been any _animus injuriandi_; therefore I am for refusing the petition, my Lords.
"LORD BALMUTO.--'Am[48] for refusing the petition.

There's more Lice than Beetles in Fife.

They ca' them Clocks there.
What they ca' a Beetle is a thing as lang as my arm; thick at one end and sma' at the other.