The Councillor pierced the enemy's centre, heedless of the arrows and spears which fastened on his armour.
At a little distance from it, the long iron of a mediaeval arrow, having fastened its head in a cleft of the rock, remained sticking there for centuries, and was only recently removed.
Great chains by which prisoners were fastened to the wall still lay upon the ground, and as I raised them and felt their weight, I thought of the human groans that only the darkness heard in the pitiless ages.
He who gave me this good counsel and myself fastened ourselves to the spar with a rope.
A cord a few yards long, fastened to the centre of the netting, completes the tackle.
Next, the man hunted through Garlock until he found an old rusty kerosene can with a wire handle fitted through it, and to this he fastened a long horsehair hitching rope and drew water from one of the filthy wells.
Her eyes looked like two black stains, solemn and haunting as they fastened up on this intruder who would not be refused.
He threw back his great head, and his bloodshot, gleaming eyes fastened upon Captain Leigh, who seated now upon the sea-chest was quietly observing him and waiting patiently until he should recover the wits which this revelation had scattered.
Wal, stranger, there's a long story fastened to that question--a longer one than I care about spinning at present.
They are fastened loosely but securely to the feet, and when the snow is not dampened by thaws, twenty miles can be easily made in a day.
A long chain, with a heavy stone attached, is fastened to the trap, and concealed beneath the snow, to prevent the animal making off with the whole concern.
He went back to the side of the fishing smack where he had left the skiff, then he stifled an oath, for the painter he had fastened loosely to the rope-ladder had come untied and the skiff had drifted away.
He indicated the fallen lock of hair and Marie laughed and blushed as she hurriedly fastened it up.
He fastened one end round his wrist and gave the other to the man, who stood shaking and helpless beside him: "Here!
Desmond noted these two figures in passing; his gaze fastened upon the remaining two, who sat at a corner of the table, a tankard in front of each.
Mr. Willett and Hank fastened on their belts, and when they had done so, Collins put out the lamp and led the way out of the tent.
With this understanding Sam received his rifle and the belt containing his ammunition, and one of the Apaches fastened a cord about the dog's neck and dragged the reluctant creature to his own side.
The moment he came within reach the raccoon jumped at him, regardless of the height from the ground, and fastened upon his back.
To guard against this as much as possible, he fastened a rope muzzle about the dog's head and told Ike to watch him.
But if dey gits away wid dat dog den dey'll hab to steal him whin dis yar chile's asleep," said Ike, and he reached out and pulled the dog nearer to him by means of a rope he had fastened about his neck.
Sam was much touched by this evidence of thoughtfulness and devotion, and he fastened it in his memory, that it might be easily recalled if the chance ever came to show his appreciation in another form than words.
From the moment it was light enough to see he kept his eyes fastened on the little bag containing their remaining stock of provisions.
These he fastened on his own person, and had scarcely finished when the wounded brave opened his eyes and looked about him in a dazed way.
They had fastened together the long reeds I had brought, and were trying to measure the distance with them, but in vain; they soon found that were the rods ten times their length they could not touch the branch.
During the halt we had made I had fastened the buffalo to a small tree, and as I was now again about to move on, I recognized it as the dwarf-palm, whose long, sharp leaves form an excellent barrier if it is planted as a hedge.
Life on shore was an agreeable change for us all, and the boys actively went to work, so that the stores were quickly brought up to the tent, piled in order, and carefully covered with sailcloths, fastened down by pegs all round.
I bound it up, and then took the bird to the stream, where I fastened it by a long cord to a stake and left it to shift for itself.
I at once ran up, loosened the rope, and replaced it by a halter; and placing the pincers upon her nose, secured her by two cords fastened between two trees, and then left her to recover herself.
After giving this advice, I got no peace until I had shown my boys how to act upon it, and in a short time each had his prize fastened up by the hind legs, and carefully slitting the skin, was stripping it from the carcass.
We had fastened to the horns or neck of each animal a cord with a float attached to the end, and now embarking, we gathered up these floats, set sail, and steered for shore, drawing our herd after us.
We first secured round his body a broad strip of sealskin, on each side of which I fastened a stout piece of cord, that I might be able to lead him easily.
I now called for a pulley, which my wife fastened to the cord hanging beside the ladder.
They fixed four posts in the ground, and to them fastened a square piece of sailcloth by four cords attached to the corners.
At the arrow-head he had fastened a barbed spike, and had secured the arrow to the end of the string.
The cow and ass gave us more trouble than did the others, as for them we required something more buoyant than the mere cork; we at last found some empty casks and fastened two to each animal by thongs passed under its belly.
I saw that they were each supplied with a collar of the same skin, in which were fastened nails, which bristled round their necks in a most formidable manner.
We fastened the other end of the cord round a stout bamboo, called off the dogs, and the animal was at our mercy.
This gave us time to get hold of the fire-arms fastenedagainst the bulkheads, and to load and place them ready for use on the table.
With indefatigable labour, I cut out a long pole and fixed it in the ground, with a part of my shirt, as a signal, fastened to the end.
Then I fastened it behind the motor bicycle--an unwieldy object designed to create the necessary suspicion.
He suffered nothing and in five minutes more, with heavy stones fastened to feet and arms, he sank beneath Como.
And behind the saddle he had a big sackfastened to the machine.
As we withdraw our heads, the door closes on him, and is fastened as before.
I took it up, and saw that she had made a green fillet such as she wore herself, and fastened it about its mimic eyes.
Around the next turn a five-wired fence stretched across the trail, with a gate fastenedby a chain and padlock.
I put away the wrench, fastened the lid of the tool-box, and then I faced her grimly.
There he fastened upon theology, and there he preached, at the age of fifteen, his first sermon.
As a priest, while true to his own Church, hefastened on Faith, Hope, and Charity as the abiding forces of religion, and for him also the greatest of these was Charity.
He had hitherto treated her with scant attention, but she was not easily abashed, and she fastened at once on Lady Laura, whom she had seen once at a London ball.
It is gone now, and was out of use then, being fastened once for all by an iron staple clasping the cross-bar and driven into the post.
A long line of red handkerchiefs was fastened to a cord high above one counter.
The plain gathered skirt was fastened to the full waist by a wide belt of the chambray.
Arrived at their loggia, they found an old woman employed in filling, with confetti, a long line of boxes, fastened to the balustrade of the balcony.
The fruit in turn was fastened to a long pole and so thrust up to the balconies as a tempting bait.
She dressed with the greatest care, put a touch of the color Norman liked at her throat, and fastened a charm he had given her to her bracelet.
A stout beam was fastened on the top of two posts, about fifteen feet high.
A stout stick was fastened to the end, so that it would catch on the logs on either side of the gap.
This was fastened to the pantaloons by buttons, precisely as was the custom with the garments of boys struggling with the orthography of words in two syllables.
They are fastened by the edge, and stick out straight behind.
When using these birds for messenger service the message is written upon the thinnest rice paper, rolled up and deposited in an aluminum holder, which is fastened to the bird's leg.
Nansen had fastened a message to the bird and turned it loose.
They stood by a couple of swarthy Polack women, who were placing tiny plugs in grooves on round surfaces to be covered and fastened with ball-bearing casters.
In a few days a boat approached as near as possible, and by the aid of ropes fastened round their waists, they were drawn one by one from the rock through the boiling surf.
There is something of a screw principle in those queer little wheelsfastened occasionally in our windows, and on footmen's hats--query, are those the ventilating hats?
