She cut out clothes for the people and taught the women how to sew.

I was in the matron's room, getting her to sew two buttons on my waistcoat.

Gull went straight away to the matron's room, and asked her to sew the two buttons on his waistcoat; he'd pulled them off on purpose.

But first, sew up your pockets.

" "Unless," added one of benignant aspect, "he sew the abomination up in a sack and cast her into the sea, then peradventure he may yet find place for repentance.

Frequently experiencing the truth of the adage, that as you sew so shall you rip, the fair young thing was passing half her valuable time in ripping out the mistaken stitches she had made in the other half; and the severe moral discipline thus endured, made her mad, as equivalent vexation would have made a man the reverse of that word.

"I can still sew," returned the girl, courageously, "although of course I cannot get about easily to search for employment.

"She knows I can sew, if only I can get work to do," said the girl, simply.

Stuff the carp with a delicate forcemeat, after thoroughly cleansing it, and sew it up to prevent the stuffing from falling out.

Mode.Scale and clean the fish, without cutting it open much; put in a nice delicate forcemeat, and sew up the slit.

Clean the fish, take out the roes, and fill up with forcemeat, and sew up the slit.

Scale the fish, take out the gills, wash, and wipe it thoroughly dry; stuff it with forcemeat, sew it up, and fasten the tail in the mouth by means of a skewer; brush it over with egg, sprinkle with bread crumbs, and baste with butter, before putting it in the oven, which must be well heated.

"That's very nice," said Patty, with an air of satisfaction, "for, though I hate to sew, yet sometimes it must be done; and with that little work-table, I think I could sew even in an Indian wigwam!"

"That's very nice," said Patty, with an air of satisfaction, "for, though I hate to sew, yet sometimes it must be done; and with that little work-table, I think I could sew even in an Indian wigwam!"

She wasn't as tidy about her clothes as I liked to see, and I thought if I gave her a handy thing like this, she'd be willing to sew.

Catherine had removed to her father's house, and was preparing to sit down to sew, as was her custom, when her father, returning from the office adjoining, brought her a letter.

Not to lose ground, however, she hired herself to the neighbouring farmers' wives to sew during her spare time, leaving Dame Damerel to the occasional care of Susan Larkin.

Since then, Miss Penstock had sometimes consented to go for a few days at a time to sew in the houses of her favorite employers, just to keep from forgetting how to speak,' the poor little woman said.

I was seventeen years old, but I knew of nothing I could do except to sew; I did not know enough to teach.

"Haven't you pieces enough to finish it?" "Oh, yaas, I got bits enough, but de trouble is to sew 'em up.

I can't sew very fas' nowadays.

It almost appeared as if she had not been in prison at all, in the ordinary way, but at school, in an institute, where one could learn to sew and weave and write, and do dressing and dyeingall that she had learned in Trondhjem.

I can cut, sew, and do all that sort of thing, and together we will make a lovely gown of it for you.

" "I will sew up some of the holes when you're gone to bed, Andy.

If dressing is to be used, stuff the body full, sew up, and truss.