| Herodotus - 1824 - 380 pages
...and being very desirous of more, begins again to follow the male ; for this creature is exceedingly fond of its young. When a conflagration takes place, a supernatural" impulse seizes on the cats. For though the Egyptians standing at a distance neglect the progress of the flames, and take much greater... | |
| 1873 - 972 pages
...habits of the cat, he writes as follows : — " When a fire takes place, a supernatural impulse seizes the cats. For the Egyptians, standing at a distance, take care of the cats, and neglect to quench the fire : but the cats make their escape, and, leaping over the men, cast themselves into the... | |
| John George Wood - 1870 - 744 pages
...habits of the Cat, and writes as follows : " When a fire takes place, a supernatural impulse seizes the cats. For the Egyptians, standing at a distance, take care of the cats and neglect to quench the fire ; but the cats make their escape, and leaping over the men, cast themselves into the... | |
| John George Wood - 1869 - 758 pages
...habits of the Cat, and writes -as follows : " When a fire takes place, a supernatural impulse seizes the cats. For the Egyptians, standing at a distance, take care of the cats and neglect to quench the fire ; but the cats make their escape, and leaping over the men, cast themselves into the... | |
| Herodotus, Henry Cary - 1885 - 628 pages
...and carried them away secretly, they kill them ; though when they have killed them, they do not eat them. The females being deprived of their young, and...Egyptians. In whatever house a cat dies of a natural Heath, all the family shave their eyebrows only ; but if a dog die, they shave the whole body and the... | |
| John George Wood - 1887 - 264 pages
...habits of the Cat, and writes as follows : " When a fire takes place, a supernatural impulse seizes the cats. For the Egyptians, standing at a distance, take care of the cats and neglect to quench the fire ; but the cats make their escape, and leaping over the men, cast themselves into the... | |
| W. Duncan McKim - 1900 - 308 pages
...Egyptians,—whose reverence for animal life was a national worship,—Herodotus mentions the following: " When a conflagration takes place, a supernatural impulse...great lamentations are made among the Egyptians." 1 Very similar are the procedures of our sentimental philanthropists and the ensuing result. Instead... | |
| Lewis Spence - 1915 - 494 pages
...life. A passage from Herodotus further illustrates the esteem in which these animals were held : " When a conflagration takes place a supernatural impulse...great lamentations are made among the Egyptians. In whatsoever house a cat dies a natural death all the family shave their eyebrows only, but if a dog... | |
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