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"That may all be so; but if the tribunal should not happen to be of that opinion, shall we swing for it? We are ready to die for our country, but it is rather an awkward business, this dying without touching the ground! After all, that is a sort of hemp tax worse than any part of the tariff." Mr. President, the honorable gentleman would be in a dilemma, like that of another great general.
Six months in Bridewell, varied by beating hemp, would have been the most fortunate lesson which she could have received from society. Another of those persons, yet more remarkable for her position in life, was the second daughter of George II., the Princess Amelia.
But the question was, could they manufacture a cloth out of hemp that would be light enough when thus coated over? It was very doubtful whether they could at all events they would have to practise the weaving trade for a long time, before they should arrive at a sufficient expertness to accomplish such a feat.
What the major saw was a girl of perhaps twenty or maybe twenty-two in her present state it was hard to guess with hunched-in shoulders and dyed, stringy hair falling in a streaky disarray down over her face like unraveled hemp. It was her face that told her story.
He had four baskets made for himself and his sons, and in these they used to carry the fish to Lincoln, to sell them, coming home laden with meat and meal, and hemp and rope to make new nets and lines. Thus they lived for twelve years.
2 The boy would have a sceptre, a symbol of dignity, to play with; the girl, a tile, the symbol of woman's work, as, sitting with a tile on her knee, she twists the threads of hemp. That is, the red apron of a king and of the prince of a state. 4 The woman has only to be obedient. they have to think, And to cause no sorrow to their parents.
Hemp warp that has been laced in a banded pattern before dyeing, in order to produce decorative figures In a textile, is called binubbud. After the binding-threads are clipped, there is an effect of rippling in the hemp, of which curly hair is suggestive. A well-made box of hard wood in which fine garments are kept.
As for the spirit of association, I know not where it is to be found, if not in Italy. By what is the Catholic world governed? By an Association. What is it but an Association that wastes the revenue of the poor Romans? Who monopolizes their corn, their hemp, their oil? Who lays waste the forests of the State? An Association.
The leaf of the maguey, when crudely dressed and spun into a coarse thread, is woven into sail-cloth and sacking; and from it is made the bagging in common use. The ropes made from it are of that kind called Manilla hemp. It is the best material in use for wrapping paper.
Mark had a roll of loose twisted hemp soaked in saltpetre and powder out of the box directly, and armed with a powder-bag each, they hurried trembling back, to reach the gateway, peer round the corner, and see that the attack was going on as fiercely as ever, while the defence was very weak, and they knew that before long the door must yield.
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