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When every expense is paid, mine host netts a clear six per cent. on his farm, and I think you will allow that he may go to bed at night with little fear of the nightmare of a starving labourer disturbing his slumbers.
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray
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All yt I now require is yt salt and netts may ther be boughte, and for all ye rest we will here provid it; yet if that will not be, let them but stand for it a month or tow, and we will take order to pay it all.
The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete Azel Ames 1876
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I shall wish to know from you, how much your cargo of rice shipped to Berard netts you, and how much it would have _netted_ in hard money, if you had sold it at home.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Thomas Jefferson 1784
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All their netts are made of the broad Grass plant before mentioned; generally with no other preparation than by
Captain Cook's Journal during his first voyage round the world 1767
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They catch fish with Seans, Hooks and line, but more commonly with hooped netts very ingeniously made; in the middle of these they tie the bait, such as Sea Ears, fish Gutts, etc., then sink the Nett to the bottom with a stone; after it lays there a little time they haul it Gently up, and hardly ever without fish, and very often a large quantity.
Captain Cook's Journal during his first voyage round the world 1767
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There are 2 sorts, one finer than the other; of these the Natives make Cloth, rope, Lines, netts, etc.
Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World James Cook 1753
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All their netts are made of the broad Grass plant before mentioned; generally with no other preparation than by Splitting the blade of the plant into threads.
Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World James Cook 1753
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We wanted nothing, having good store of corne & netts to catch fish, which is plentyfull in the rivers.
Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson Pierre Esprit Radisson 1673
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i sure would with a buck like that .... 8 points and netts 188 ... one of 34 that would be award in it's self
More Details on the Sad Story of the Biggest Eight-Point Buck Ever Killed 2009
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i sure would with a buck like that .... 8 points and netts 188 ... one of 34 that would be award in it's self
More Details on the Sad Story of the Biggest Eight-Point Buck Ever Killed 2009
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