Nor yet was earth suspended in the sky; / Nor poised, did on her own foundation lie.

Also, when fish gilled there wasn't as much extra twine to tangle in, so they were easier to release from the net.

I walk briskly away from the howling child and the burly cop and the snickering shoppie. And into the first spaza I can find, for a Ghost.

He was decked out as a successful pimp.