 | Thomas Pennant - 1776 - 530 стор.
...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,... | |
 | Ralph Beilby - 1792 - 506 стор.
...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 care taken... | |
 | 1792 - 494 стор.
...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,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 446 стор.
...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 стор.
...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 стор.
...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 стор.
...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... | |
 | Ralph Beilby - 1807 - 564 стор.
...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 we may conclude, that Cats were not originally natives of these islands ; and from the great... | |
 | 1814 - 984 стор.
...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 стор.
...milch 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...naturally bred in our forests. An animal that could be so easily taken, could never have been rated so highly ; and the precautions laid down to improve... | |
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... 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... 
