 | Thomas Pennant - Animals - 1776 - 530 pages
...value. If any one ftole 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 fufpended by its tail (the head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip... | |
 | Francis Fitzgerald - 1787 - 768 pages
...value. If any oneftole 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 fufpended by the tail (the head touching the floor) would form an heap high enough to cover the tip... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...was to 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...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, but... | |
 | Ralph Beilby - Bookplates - 1792 - 506 pages
...fteal or kill the Cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was either to forfeit a 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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...was to 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...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, but... | |
 | Francis Fitzgerald - 1797 - 556 pages
...value. If any one ftole 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 fufpended by the tail, the head touching the floor, would form an heap high enough to cover the tip... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...value. If any one dole or killed the eat 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 fufpended by its tail (the head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 446 pages
...If any one flole 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 a cat fufpended by its tail (the head touching the floor), would form a heap high enough to cover the... | |
 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 524 pages
...Cat that guarded ttitf Prince's granary, he was either to forfeit a milch 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... | |
 | Ralph Beilby - Animals - 1807 - 564 pages
...steal or kill the Cat that guarded the Prince's granary, he was either to forfeit a milch ewe, 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 former. Hence... | |
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... qualities, 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... 
