He thought of the furs and expensive gloves which Marie Deland wore, and he longed to be able to give some to this little girl who sat there with such angry defiance in her eyes.
She was looking quite her prettiest, in dark furs with a bunch of violets in the breast of her coat, but Micky would not have noticed if she had been shabby, his thoughts were elsewhere.
There was a crowd here too--rows of cars and carriages outside, and women in thin evening frocks and furs shivering in the cold wind.
A south wind was blowing, and they travelled with furs opened, for the day was comparatively warm, and there were many signs that spring was at hand.
The wall was match-boarded, hiding the outer logs, and there were furs everywhere.
Then, in a bunk in the corner furthest from the door, he caught sight of a man propped among furs and blankets.
A few people went out wrapped up in expensive furs and was loaded into sleighs.
She was still in the silk blouse and short homespun skirt that she had worn at the athletic club luncheon, but she had thrown aside her loose woolly coat, and the narrow furs that were no softer than her own fair skin.
When more valuable objects were discovered, those of smaller value were left in the streets; costly furs lay strewed in all directions; silks and satins lay about in such profusion that the only difficulty was to choose among them.
For the body all the trains go speeding in and out, bringing fruits from the sunny south, and furs from the frozen north.
They plunged into a long strike, taking this for their motto: "Furs for his footmen and gold plate for his horses, and also three meals a day for our wives and children.
They found the occupation so congenial, that they pursued it for two years, exchanging their furs and peltries with the traders at Fort Pitt, for such necessaries as hunters require.
He could never lose his fondness for the woods, and as the beaver were numerous and their furs valuable, he made considerable money by gathering and selling the peltries.
Here McElroy was wont to take account of the furs brought in, to distribute recompense, and to enforce the simple law.
They had come, past all his blandishments of trade, to Fort de Seviere, and their coming spelled a number of fursthis season far in advance of any other for that small post.
Meanwhile, wrapped in the warm furs of the motor, Felicia and Lady Tatham sped toward Duddon.
The wife dropped into the corner of the carriage among her furs and wraps, and said no more.
For some time one Cromwell carried on a lucrative trade with them, weighing their furs with his foot, till, enraged at his supposed or real deception, they formed the resolution to murder him.
There is a naturalness, an unpretending and cold life in this traveller, as in a Canadian winter, what life was preserved through low temperatures and frontier dangers by furs within a stout heart.
I call to mind on the St. Maurice River, when stationed there, one of these gents brought furs to sell at our Post.
These are the principal furs we have on the Coast and will show what absurd prices were paid.
Opposition became keen and fur buyers from Quebec, Boston, New York and Paris, came to the different places of resort of the Indians, bidding up raw furs to prices out of all reason.
The consequence of which were, and are, that the Indian did not pay his furnisher, but kept up his finest furs to sell to these parties for high cash prices.
Might was right and whereverfurs were found the strongest party, for the time being, took them.
The whole of the Great Company's collection of furs is shipped to England and sold by auction three times a year, in January, March and October.
We know that furs realized good prices at the last London sales, and some few, very few, bought were no doubt well worth these high prices.
The Indian in the olden days seldom stayed about the posts longer than to barter his fursand got back to his hunting grounds with as little delay as possible.
So that the Indian might know the amount of his means of trade the furs were taken in first and valued at a certain well-known currency of that particular part of the country in which he resided, i.
Great massive, barred gates opened into the fort, in the leaves of one side a wicket placed for the entrance and departure of men afoot, and it was thru this wicket an Indian and his wife were admitted with their furs to trade.
The men of the party trapped furs while hunting game for their sustenance.
A store house in which was kept the bulk of the outfit and the furs gathered.
Verily there are more tricks with horses and furs than meets the eye.
An old factor who had not left the interior for twenty-seven years, applied for and received leave to visit civilization with the understanding that he would take care of the furs in transit.
The hunters were a lazy set, and were willing to work for the furs they captured, while the cowboys were willing to work for a salary, and they earned every dollar of it, too.
Now my furs have gone, and I shall have to go to Uncle Ezra's to get a grub-stake.
I'll tell you what I could do: If the Cheyennes came here to sell their furs, I could easily tell your furs from their own, and I could throw them out.
The furs which they collect are sent off to Quebec at the first opening of the waters in spring, and not a skin of any sort was here for us to look at.
These Frenchmen receive their supplies from Quebec, where they send their furs and oil.
Seven thousand buffalo skins and other furs were put on board our boat to take to St. Louis.
They carry their quarry to Quebec, receive fifty cents per gallon for Seal oil, and from three to five guineas for Black and Silver-Fox skins, and other furs in proportion.
One told me his master and men had gone down to Montreal with furs and that he must detain me till his return; but Little Bear, my Indian leader, only smiled and said, "They dare not.
At the moment when he had loaded a cargo of furs from the half-abandoned fort on one of his vessels, d'Iberville came paddling across the open sea with a force of painted Indian warriors.
While Gillam and the Englishmen kept house at the fort, he coursed the woods on snow-shoes, found the Indian camps, and persuaded the hunters to bring down their furs to trade with him in the spring.
Only enough English prisoners were retained to carry the loot of fursback overland.
Up to this wicket the Indians would file with their furs and exchange them according to the standard.
Company; occasional gratuities for his services, and presents of furs to Madame Radisson are also recorded.
This standard varied with the supply of furs and the caprice of fashion; but at first in respect to beaver it stood thus: 1/2 lb.
The fursgathered by the Frenchmen were transferred to the holds of the English vessels, but Jean and his companions evinced no eagerness to go aboard for England.
Then with much parleying the little furs such as rabbit and muskrat were exchanged for the gewgaws.
If I were able to travel, I would go with you," said Carrisford; "but I can only sit here wrapped in furs and stare at the fire.
Each of the Companies keeps men constantly employed travelling over the country during the winter to collect the furs from the different bands of hunters as fast as they are procured.
There are other provision posts, Fort Augustus and Edmonton farther up the river, from whence some furs are also procured.
There are about one hundred and sixty hunters who carry their furs to the Great Slave Lake, forty to Hay River, and two hundred and forty to Fort Chipewyan.
In a short time an Iroquois joined us, who was residing with a party of Cree Indians, to secure the meat and furs they should collect for the North-West Company.
All the men who had been despatched to different parts in search of provision or furs returned to the fort on the occasion and were regaled with a substantial dinner and a dance in the evening.
These men are more docile, tractable, and industrious than the Stone Indians and bring greater supplies of provision and furs to the posts.
From six to eight hundred packs offurs used formerly to be sent from this department, now the return seldom exceeds half that amount.
Tadoussac, where 1200 Indians usually assembled to barter their rich furs at the end of the hunting season, was deserted.
A wealthy Icelander, named Thorfinn, established a regular colony in Vinland soon after this event; the settlers increased rapidly in numbers, and traded with the natives for furs and skins to great advantage.
The fourth steered for Tadoussac, to barter for the rich furs brought by the Indian hunters from the dreary wilds of the Saguenay.
The beauty of the country, and the kindness and hospitality of his reception, alike charmed him; he carried on a little trade with the friendly savages, exchanging European goods for their furs and provisions.
Since New York had fallen into English hands, the savages found it more advantageous to carry their trade thither than to barter their furs with the privileged company of France.
Squirrels[194] and various other small quadrupeds with fine fursare abundant in the forests.
And between Cape Harrigan and Abel's Bay was a Hudson's Bay trading post where he and Skipper Ed sometimes traded furs and salt trout for flour and pork and tea, and beyond this point he knew the sledge route well.
To obtainfurs of different kinds for the traders, we had to travel far into the woods, and remain there the whole winter.
The furs of the despot in which Titian's fair model wrapped herself, probably more for fear of a cold than out of modesty, have become a symbol of the tyranny and cruelty that constitute woman's essence and her beauty.
Wanda was in very good humor; she fed me candies, played with my hair, loosened my neck cloth and made a pretty cockade of it; she covered my knees with her furs and stealthily pressed the fingers of my hand.
If not for her, for whom would princelyfurs be suitable?
I am afraid you may not like it, but I can't put off my furs until the room is sufficiently warm.
Atlantic City April, 1921 VENUS IN FURS "But the Almighty Lord hath struck him, and hath delivered him into the hands of a woman.
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I placed the furs about her, and Wanda slipped her right arm into the sleeve.
It must be heavy," said she, "all myfurs are in it.
Venus in Furs has caught his soul in the red snares of hair.
I was enraptured and at the same time filled with a strange fear by the cold coquetry with which this magnificent woman draped her charms in her furs of dark sable; by the severity and hardness which lay in this cold marble-like face.
And so furs now rouse strange imaginings in you," said Wanda, and simultaneously she began to drape her magnificent fur-cloak coquettishly about her, so that the dark shining sable played beautifully around her bust and arms.
Furthermore furs have a stimulating effect on all highly organized natures.
How wonderfully becoming furs are to your face, they bring out your noble lines.
Wanda throws off herfurs and places them over my arm, and goes to secure the tickets.
His eyes seemed to plead with Privy Seal, who paced the gallery in short, pursy strides, his plump hands hidden in the fursbehind his back.
He brought one white soft hand from behind his back to play with the furs upon his chest.
And that creature of Privy Seal's shook beneath the furs that he wore, though it was already April; for the Chancellor had his private reasons to dread Privy Seal's outbursts of suspicion.
Yes, it was hollow; and as her companion made for the opening, she saw more little stout figures rolled up in furs inside.
They were the first furs she had ever possessed, and she felt so grand in them that she was shy of wearing them.
He had arrived at the sort of indolent charity which, in the machine, passes for wisdom and sanity, the unimaginative tolerance which furs and clogs all the workings of a man's mind and heart.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "furs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: buckskin; ermine; fur; hide; pelt
