Her long, thick hair was her one beauty, but it was usually bundled into a
net, to be out of her way.
unworthy of yourself, and that a
net is closing round you?
From the left fob he took out a
net almost large enough for a fisherman, but contrived to open and shut like a purse, and served him for the same use: we found therein several massy pieces of yellow metal, which, if they be real gold, must be of immense value.
AFTER losing them, he ran on four legs and went faster, so that I think he might have got away altogether if he had not unfortunately run into a gooseberry
net, and got caught by the large buttons on his jacket.
To say what the
net profits have been, to the entire body of people who have invested money in the telephone, will always be more or less of a guess.
They raised two or three lanterns to her face, and by their light they distinguished the features of a woman to all appearance of the age of sixteen or a little more, with her hair gathered into a gold and green silk
net, and fair as a thousand pearls.
No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws, and the
net produce of all duties and imposts laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the United States; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the Congress.
It so happened that a fisherman had spread his
net at the very place where poor Athanase had flung himself, believing that no one would ever find him.
Well, after all, it was only on a man's own family that he could count; blood was thicker than water, he remembered; and the
net result of this encounter was to bring him to the doorstep of his father's house, with tenderer and softer feelings.
My only doubt was as to whether any dream could be more terrible than the unnatural, horrible
net of gloom and mystery which seemed closing around me.
They all paint tables, cover screens, and
net purses.
Help, masters, help; here’s a fish hangs in the
net, like a poor Man’s right in the law.
