 ... 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 General History of Quadrupeds - 211 ページRalph Beilby 著 - 1792 - 483 ページ全文表示 - この書籍について
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1837 - 656 ページ
...ewe, its fleece and lamb ; or as much wheat as, when poured on the cat, suspended by its tail (the head touching the floor), would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former." This fact is not only curious as setting in a strong point of view the simplicity of ancient manners,... | |
 | Thomas Bell - 1837 - 554 ページ
...ewe, its fleece, and lamb ; or as much wheat as when poured on the Cat suspended by the tail, (the head touching the floor,) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former." * It is difficult to treat of this animal without making some allusion to the old story of Whittington... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1838 - 646 ページ
...milch ewe, its fleece, and lamb ; or as much wheat as when poured on the cat suspended by its tail (the head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former. This last quotation is not only curious, as being an evidence of the simplicity of antient manners,... | |
 | 1838 - 518 ページ
...rniloh ewe, its fleece, and lamb ; or as much wheat as when poured on the cat suspended by its tail (the head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former. This last quotation is not only curious, as being an evidence of the simplicity of antient manners,... | |
 | 1838 - 516 ページ
...miloh ewe, its lleece, and lamb ; or as much wheat as when poured on the cat suspended by its tail (the head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover tho tip uf the former. This last quotation is not only curious, as being an evidence of the simplicity... | |
 | James Hamilton Fennell - 1841 - 610 ページ
...lamb ; or as much wheat as when poured on the cat suspended by the tail (the head touching the ground) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former. The large prices set on them (if we consider the high value of specie at that time), and the great... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - 1842 - 662 ページ
...with her fleece and lamb, or as much wheat as, when poured upon a cat, suspended by its tail, (the head touching the floor,) would form a heap high enough to cover the creature to the tip of its i,n I." ORDER PACHYDERMATA. This order is named from the thickness of the... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - 1842 - 726 ページ
...with her fleece and lamb, or as much wheat as, when poured upon a cat, suspended by its tail, (the head touching the floor,) would form a heap high enough to cover the creature to the tip of its tail." ORDER PACHYDERM ATA. This order is named from the thickness of the... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 846 ページ
...either a milch ewe, with her fleece and lamb, 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. This is curious not only as a matter of history, but as showing that, while the wild cat of the... | |
 | Joseph Train - 1845 - 474 ページ
...milk ewe, its fleece, and lamb, or as much wheat as, when poured on the cat suspended by the tail, the head touching the floor, would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the tail. — Lav* of Jfywcll Dha, folio edition, London, 1730. ( Cmier't Animal Kingdom, London edit.,... | |
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