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" ... if it failed in any of these 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... "
An Historical and Statistical Account of the Isle of Man, from the Earliest ... - Page 21
by Joseph Train - 1845
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British Zoology, Volume 1

Thomas Pennant - 1776 - 530 pages
...have the claws whole, and be a good nurfe : but if it failed in any of thefc qualities, the felier was to forfeit to the buyer the third part of its value. If any one ftole or killed the cat that guarded the Prince's granary, he was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece...
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Surveys of nature; historical, moral and entertaining

Francis Fitzgerald - 1787 - 768 pages
...moufer, have the daws whole, and be a good nurfe. If it failed in any of thefe qualities, the feller was to forfeit to the buyer the third part of its value. If any oneftole or killed the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece...
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A General History of Quadrupeds

Ralph Beilby - 1792 - 506 pages
...whole, and, if a female, be a careful nurfe : If it failed in any of thefe good qualities, the feller was to forfeit to the buyer the third part of its value. — If any one fhould fteal or kill the Cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was either to forfeit a milch ewe,...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose ..., Volume 2

1797 - 522 pages
...have the claws whole, and be a good nurfe : but if it failed in any of thefe qualities, the feller was to forfeit to the buyer the third part of its value. If any one dole or killed the eat that guarded the prince's granary, he was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 7, Part 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 446 pages
...have the claws whole, and be a good nurfe : but if it failed in any of thefe qualities, the feller was to forfeit to the buyer the third part of its value. If any one flole or killed the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was to forfeit a milch-ewe, its fleece...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 pages
...have the claws whole, and be a good nurfe : but if it failed in any of thefe qualities, the feller was to forfeit to the buyer the third part of its value. If any one ftole or killed the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece...
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The General Genteel Preceptor

Francis Fitzgerald - 1797 - 556 pages
...of thefe qualities, the felier was to forfeit to the buyer the third of its 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,...
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Animal Biography, Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners ..., Volume 1

William Bingley - 1803 - 524 pages
...hearing and seeing, should be a goodmouser, have its claws whole, and, if a female, be a careful nurse. If it failed in any of these qualities, the seller...buyer the third part of its value. — If any one should steal or kill the Cat that guarded ttitf Prince's granary, he was either to forfeit a milch...
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A General History of Quadrupeds

Ralph Beilby - 1807 - 564 pages
...mouser, have its claws whole, and, if a female, be a careful nurse : if it failed in any of these good qualities, the seller was to forfeit to the buyer the third part of its value. If any one should steal or kill the Cat that guarded the Prince's granary, he was either to forfeit a milch ewe,...
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The Youth's magazine, or Evangelical miscellany

1814 - 984 pages
...and seeing, should be a good mouser, have its claws ' whole, and, if a female, be a careful nurse. If it failed in any of these qualities, the seller...the buyer, the third part of its value. If any one should steal or kill the cat that guarded the prnice'ft granary, he .was either to forfeit a milch...
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