There was an old lady of Ryde, Whose shoe-strings were seldom untied, She purchased some clogs, And some small spotted dogs, And frequently walked about Ryde.
One gets the impression that in Spiro textiles strings of vegetable fiber are usually surfaced with hair or other animal materials to increase the softness of the product.
In the same museum there are two Iroquois wampum belts in which the stringsfor the beads are made from Boehmeria fiber.
She purchased from them many strings of bright beads, which constitute their sole idea of female dress.
Long strings of camels filed across the sand on their way to Mount Sinai, and the coloring of the mountains was exquisite.
For weapons they have bows and spears, the former having strings made of the entrails of animals, and the latter being long, slender poles, with tips of sharpened bone.
Indians will walk for three days--men and women together, and each woman usually carrying a child besides--having heavy loads of produce or long strings of fish upon their backs.
Huntington was out of breath, but not empty-handed--he carried with him a bag which showed evidences of hectic packing, with pajama strings hanging out from the partially closed top.
This would leave him free to pull the strings for Billy,--but here he sighed.
Then he unlaced his moccasins, and tied the strings together, adding to this line the moose-gut he had found in the shanty.
Crying to Jean to go on, he halted and stooped over his snowshoes, the slip-strings of which had loosened.
To follow her would have been nothing less than the temptation to pluck at the strings of her mask.
Tie the free ends of the flag-strings to picture-hooks and fasten the hooks on the picture-moulding.
Continue crossing the strings and adding lighters until fourteen are bound into a float; then tie the ends of the strings on each line securely together (Fig.
Fasten extra strings from top of window and door frames, and draw them taut along the walls, then tie the intervening flag-strings on these and the effect will be much the same as with picture-moulding, almost like a tent of small flags.
On the eventful night let the Christmas tree angel slip into the tree, and, after it is nicely adjusted, hang around her neck stringsof colored glass balls, and suspend from the hooks the glass ornaments and presents.
Tie one end of each of the flag-strings close to the ceiling on the chandelier or lamp hook.
Wind an extra string tight around and over the string-knots on the chandelier to hold the stringsin place and keep them from slipping down.
Gather the cap at the back, add stringsand fasten it on the baby’s head.
Should there be no picture-moulding, fasten the strings to large, strong tacks or small wire nails driven in on the top ledge of the window and door frames where they will do no harm.
Pin on the tinsel decorations and strings of popcorn with safety pins and leave the finishing touches until the angel has entered her tree.
Strings of firecrackers stretched from tree to tree, bunches hidden under barrels, harmless torpedoes for your guests to explode, and any other fireworks that do not need darkness for a background may be used.
Place the flags about twelve inches apart on the string and make four strings to reach to the four corners if the room is small, if large, a dozen or more flag-strings, according to the size of the room.
Attach strings of the same material, and tie them under Judy’s chin (Fig.
What strings symphonious tremble in the air, What strains of vocal transport round her play!
I hear its voice When thy hand sends the sound along the gale, Swept from the silver strings or on mine ear Drops the sweet sadness!
There were strings of pearls upon the women which raised in the Spaniards an increased sense of cupidity.
Columbus, by causing red caps, strings of beads, and other trinkets to be distributed among them, made an easy conquest of their friendship.
When the strings are equally stretched, and of the same length and thickness, their vibrations will always coincide, and they produce a sound so similar to each other, that it is called unison, which is the most perfect concord.
If the strings be of the length, two and three, the coincidence of the pulses will happen less frequently, viz.
The sounds given by strings are more grave or more acute according to the thickness, length, and tension of the strings.
It will be proper however to observe, that these pulses are sometimes produced without any such vibration of the sounding body, as we find it in musical strings and bells.
Among the frequenters of the cottage was a young man, a mere lad, who really was infatuated with his hostess, and was not sufficiently experienced to cut the strings of the net she threw around him.
She quietly slipped out of the house by way of the basement, tying her hat strings as she mounted the steps, and walked quickly in the direction of Charing Cross.
The river is the volga, and the passage of strings of rafts down its stream in early spring is being described by the author.
These nut-shell boats may also be made by pouring melted wax into halves of walnut-shells in which are short strings for wicks.
Heart-strings The first person who guesses correctly receives an appropriate heart shaped prize.
The dining room should be decorated with autumn leaves, golden rod, yellow chrysanthemums, strings of cranberries, etc.
Attach one end of a number of strings (one for each guest) to the chandelier.
Have strings of various lengths and twine them around the table legs, chairs, etc.
The strings of your heart are not in tune with the chords which the Infinite hand sweeps as he evolves the music of the universe.
There are no more skates or sleds, bats, balls, or strings left scattered about.
But proportion and fairness will never be among the strings at his command.
He is like some mischievous spectator of a ball who has cleverly taken all the strings from the violins, and yet sees musicians and dancers moving and pirouetting before him as though the music were still going on.
It's just one of the strings to the great knot of mountains that tie Europe up in the middle.
Break, Spirit, break to boundless things Beyond the molehill and the clod, And catch the glory of the strings That tune the harmonies of God.
David tuned up his fiddle and while he twanged on the strings mother lifted her voice in our fine old marching song.
In fact, I don't think there are any strings on it.
She knew all too well that never again would she hear her best-beloved brother touch the strings or join his voice to hers.
It was now that Wallace touched the stringsof his harp.
The strings of the harp seemed softly touched, but it was only the sighing of a transitory breeze passing over them.
He could see through its strings that a group of knights were in earnest conversation at the further end of the apartment; but they spoke so low he could not distinguish what was said.
But the mother smiled at her, took off her hood and smoothed back the fine gold, then put the hood on again, and tied itsstrings under the upstretched chin.
