He plucks fibres from the rug or carpet; swallows straws, buttons, and little strings.

Up hill, o'er dale, I never slackened speed; Like lute-string sounded every rein.

It would be an ordinary human reaction should the woman enjoying a pension refuse to give up, on the day peace is declared, her quickly acquired habit of holding the purse strings.

His smoothly shaven face, framed in crinkly, gray locks, was surmounted by a soft, little, round hat, from the up-turned brim of which dangled a broken string.

AgainI can only give you the merest string of hintsyou will find in your questionings that many plants and animals have no reason at all to show why they should be in one place and not in another, save the very sound reason for the latter which was suggested to me once by a great naturalist.

On our way down the hill we passed a seemingly endless string of pack mules coming up, laden with food and ammunition.

It was a square, five-pound parcel wrapped in pink tissue-paper, tied with pink string, and found to contain so much Virginia tobacco, which Blossy had inveigled an old Southern admirer into sending her for "charitable purposes.

Wert thou not mine, dear heart, whilst that my love Danced and play'd upon thy golden strings?

The Peruvians, at the time they were conquered by Pizarro, counted with knotted strings.

His manner and temper soon convinced me that he might be led by a silken string to a point, rather than a cable: on that principle I acted.

Lanpher plucked at the loose strings of his courage, and managed to draw out a faintly responsive twang.

And these demonstrate boundless objects, too. Objects, powers, appetites, Heaven suits in all; Nor, nature through, e'er violates this sweet Eternal concord, on her tuneful string.

In the Collector's pockets they found a twist of tobacco, a red bandanna handkerchief of violent color, a purse meagrely filled with copper coins and silver pieces, a silver watch still ticking with a loud and insistent iteration, a piece of tarred string, and a clasp-knife.

If on her we see display'd Pendent gems, and rich brocade; If her chints with less expense Flows in easy negligence; Still she lights the conscious flame, Still her charms appear the same; If she strikes the vocal strings, If she's silent, speaks, or sings, If she sit, or if she move, Still we love, and still approve.

He wrote all the plays himself the most popular being "The Tragedy of King John"and he was very clever at manipulating the innumerable strings by which the movements of his puppets were regulated.

The American Indians convert then into an elegant clothing, and, by twisting the inner ribs into a strong double string, with hemp or the inner bark of the mulberry tree, work it like matting.

Necessity, however, is the mother of invention; so I manufactured a knitting needle of wood, unravelled some thick string, and in a few hours possessed a net.

It was a curious fact, that with one accord they accompanied Dick on his return to their boarding-house; and, while he disappeared through the door at the end of the hall with Miss Almira, some invisible leading-string dragged them up stairs.

all My tools are no sight to see: A little hempen string, and a post whereon to swing, Are implements enough for me!" Shepherd Fennel glanced round.

On that solitary string hangs everything from Armageddon to an almanac, from a successful revolution to a return ticket.

And when he took His clarsach, from the magic strings he shook A maze of trembling music, falling sweet As mossy waters in the summer heat; And soft as fainting moor-winds when they leave The fume of myrtle, on a dewy eve, Bound flush'd and teeming tarns that all night hear Low elfin pipings in the woodlands near.

Again the maiden sang of love; again the monk felt his spirit leaping as she fed his starving soul even more adroitly than she fingered the vibrant strings.

"Chiron his cruel mind With art, and taught his warlike hands to wind The silver strings of his melodious lyre."

One pellet would have been enough, for the bird was but a heap of skin and feathers, not to be wondered at, its legs being tied together with a piece of stout string, twisted and tied so that it would last for years.

Out of the cigar store came Gunner Moran, the yellow string of a tobacco bag sticking out of his blouse pocket, a freshly rolled cigarette between his lips.