 ... the seller was to forfeit to the buyer the third part of its value. If any one stole or killed the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece and lamb ; or as much wheat as, when poured on the cat suspended by...  A History of British Quadrupeds, Including the Cetacea - 190 ページThomas Bell 著 - 1837 - 526 ページ全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Thomas Pennant - 1776 - 530 ページ
...forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece and lamb ; or as much wheat as when poured on the cat fufpended by its tail (the head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former*. This laft quotation is not only curious, as being an evidence of the fimplicity of ancient manners,... | |
 | 1792 - 494 ページ
...forfeit amileh ewe, its fleece and lamb; oras much wheat as wh«n poureii on the u: fulpcndcd by its tail (the head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former. This bft quotation is not only curious,, as being an evidence of the fimplieity of ancient manners,... | |
 | Ralph Beilby - 1792 - 506 ページ
...milch ewe, her fleece, and lamb, or as much wheat as, when poured on the Cat fufpended by its tail (its head touching the floor), would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former. From hence we may conclude, that Cats were not originally natives of thefe iflands; and, from the great... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 446 ページ
...forfeit a milch-ewe, its fleece and lamb ; or as much wheat as, when poured on a cat fufpended by its tail (the head touching the floor), would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former. This lail quotation is not only curious, as being an evidence of the fimplicity of ancient manners,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 ページ
...forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece and Jamb; or as much wheat as when poured on the cat fufpended by its tail (the head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former. This laft quotation is not only carious, as being an evidence of the fimplicity of ancient manners,... | |
 | 1797 - 522 ページ
...forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece and lamb ; or as much wheat as when poured on the cat fufpended by its tail (the head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former. This lait quotation is not only curious, as being an evidence of the (implicit/ fimplicity of ancient... | |
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 524 ページ
...ewe, her fleece, and Iamb, or as much wheat as, when poured on the Cat, suspended by its tail, (its head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the tail. — From these circumstances we may conclude, that Cats were not originally natives of these... | |
 | 1814 - 984 ページ
...lamb, or as much wheat as, when poured OB the cat, suspended by its tail, (its head touchcc 3 ing ing the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the tail. — From these circumstances we may conclude, that cats were not originally natives of these... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 498 ページ
...the third part of its value. If any one stole or killed the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece and lamb, or...a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former. From hence we discover, besides a picture of the simplicity of the times, a strong argument that cats... | |
 | 1829 - 612 ページ
...ewe, her fleece, and lamb, or as much wheat, as \vhen ponred on the cat, suspended by her tail (its head touching the floor), would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of its tail. ON A FUGITIVE DANCING MASTER. His time was short, his touch was neat, His movements have... | |
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