| 单词 | bowstring |
| 例句 | It gave a little and then sprang back like a plucked bowstring, turning the blade and tossing up both sword and arm. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Seize her! Don’t let her go!” she cried, but Serafina was already at the door, with an arrow nocked in her bowstring. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her bowstring was taut, the arrow nocked to it in readiness; she could have pulled and loosed in less than a second, and Mrs. Coulter would have been dead before she finished drawing breath. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They ran back on silent feet, arrows already nocked to their bowstrings, and stopped suddenly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z These they lashed together with bowstrings, and spread their cloaks upon the frame. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z His dark eyes and swarthy skin and Paynim features suited the costume exactly: he looked the very model of an Eastern emir, an agent or a victim of the bowstring. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Things I caused with a pull of my bowstring. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The witch stopped outside the tent Mrs. Coulter had gone into, and fitted an arrow to her bowstring. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no rope, only die bowstring and the other cut shoe-string in his tennis shoes— which were by now looking close to dead, his toes showing at the tops. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now it will not get caught in your bowstring.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The bowstring quivered in her hand, and she lifted the tip of her arrow slightly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Now Jason was here, drawn as taut as a bowstring. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His nose was swollen and red from the bowstring that Nico had snapped in his face. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Anya lowered her bow, letting her arrow go slack against the bowstring, gaping at the boy flying above the road. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z It was a bowstring truss seventy feet high. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Like many birds, the birds of prey mate for life, but Frightful had two forces keeping her where she was—Sam and the iron plate under the arc of the bowstring bridge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The moment he spied them, he notched an arrow to his bowstring, and never looked away until the last wagon was out of sight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A thin plaited climbing rope rubbed with beeswax made an excellent bowstring. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Her bowstring had snapped against her arm once, and the long bruise that formed didn’t go away for more than a week. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The stretch of the bowstring as she shot arrow after arrow into their bodies, her stomach tight as a fist. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z All but two, that is, who stood close by, arrows at their bowstrings, guarding Will and Lyra. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Without taking her eyes off the first target, Anya pulled an arrow out of her quiver, nocked it against the bowstring, and breathed deeply through her nose. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I turn, drawing back the bowstring and send an arrow straight at Clove's heart. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z So the great soldier took his bow and bent it for the bowstring effortlessly. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “The bowstring bridge at Delhi is next,” Joe Cassini said on a cellular phone to his boss at the Department of Transportation in Albany. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Taran and the bard drew their swords, Gurgi nocked an arrow into his bowstring, and the weary band made ready to defend themselves as best they could. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t even pull a bowstring, let alone do one of his famous feats, like shoot an arrow through the eye of a fish just by looking at its reflection. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Kaede was crowded so close to her that Taisin could feel the other girl’s muscles as tense as a drawn bowstring. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Celaena said through her teeth, pulling the bowstring back even farther. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I had a bowstring, but wood which could be bent and yet had the proper strength was not easy to find. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaede’s arm and shoulder ached, and the bowstring had snapped loudly and painfully against her left forearm enough times that she was sure it would leave a red welt there. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Sam now went up the iron bowstring bridge to feed Frightful only if the equipment on the bridge indicated it was going to be another noisy day. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z They had long laces, too long, and he found that one lace cut in half would take care of both shoes and that left the other lace for a bowstring. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z And still there was more to reap: horns were turned into spoons, sinews into bowstrings, tallow into fuel for torches. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He heard the dull thwang of the bowstring and felt a sharp hot pain in his leg. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z By then a second flight was in the air, and the archers were fitting a third arrow to their bowstrings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At that moment there was a twang of bowstrings: several arrows whistled over them, and some fell among them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Doli’s arrow leaped from the bowstring and buried itself in the warrior’s neck. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z They landed simultaneously on the top of the arch of the bowstring truss. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Kainta teaches me how to peel the bark off the sapling, cut notches for the bowstring, and string it with strong gut. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z It’s that sensation of releasing the bowstring and an arrow launching toward your target at 150 mph — and then hitting your target. AWAY IS HOME | Spice up your travels with something new and exciting 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z She aimed at the target, released the bowstring, and … AWAY IS HOME | Spice up your travels with something new and exciting 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z “Not many philosophers, I’ll wager, would say that it’s morally justified to release the bowstring,” he wrote, based on what “they might turn out to be.” Extreme Anger Management: Is It O.K. to Kill the Hulk’s Alter Ego? 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Ridley Scott's quasi-realist film may find Utopianism beyond the reach of its bowstring, though, to risk cynicism, one suspects its streamlined violence will hit the bull's-eye again and again. How Robin Hood became a socialist 2010-05-11T21:01:00Z Handle feelings at such length and at such bowstring pitch and they tend to go fetid. Review: ‘The Golden Notebook,’ by Doris Lessing 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Roth’s skills as narrator are everywhere as taut as a bowstring with its arrow poised to fly. Appreciation: Philip Roth 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Force is proportional to the extension, Windings and bowstrings and further I’ll mention. Style Invitational Week 1239: MASH 3 — combine two movie titles 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z "It's the typical bowstring truss building," he says. Moment of Friday: Jeff Allsbrook digs Iwan Baan's TED Talk on DIY design 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z The basic building block of movement is a walking step, simultaneously heavy and upward-reaching, the body as taut as a bowstring. Bringing Back the Spirit of Early Martha Graham, Stark and Pure 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Grinnell noted that the Indians — unlike Western hunters — used every fragment of the buffalo, even recycling their sinews as bowstrings and bladders for water bags. Buffalo, the Pawnee and an Old Story on a Trip Across the Plains 2012-06-22T16:48:50Z We are used to these shimmering bowstrings of light now. Nam June Paik: Watch with Buddha 2010-12-19T21:30:02Z English archers usually carried a case with extra bowstrings and a sheaf of 24 arrows. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “The pipeline has essentially been pulled like a bowstring,” said Willsher, describing some force that had pulled the pipe about 105 feet in an almost “semicircle.” O.C. oil spill leaves many clues, dead ends and mysteries, but few answers 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z “The pipeline has essentially been pulled like a bowstring,” he said. How a coast crowded with ships, port gridlock and an anchor may have caused O.C. oil spill 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z During practice the children alternate between shooting arrows into a target block on the other side of Northeast’s gym and exercising their arms to build the strength needed to pull back on the taut bowstring. School archery team hits the mark with students 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z “Otzi now holds another record: his artfully twisted string is the oldest known bowstring in the world and also the best preserved,” the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology said in a statement. Otzi the Iceman's bowstring identified by scientists 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z The new theater, which sits inside a 7,500-square-foot bowstring truss structure, represents the final piece of the puzzle of DuVernay’s Array campus, which opened early last year. Ava DuVernay's Array is a place for women and filmmakers of color in L.A. 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z He could seek to inflict a slow death – not sign the waiver on sanctions, but tell the treasury to hold back on their enforcement, like drawing back the bowstring but not actually firing the arrow. 'Dialogue of the deaf'? Iran deal talks persist as Trump looks poised to kill it 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z It’s like an archer pulling back a bowstring, temporarily storing the energy for shooting the arrow in the elastic string. This legless insect can jump 30 times its body length 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z She is one of a small number of archers who use a rectangular nylon mouth tab to pull back the bowstring - no small feat for the teen. Kentucky teenager is among top student archers in the world 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z The Swiss scientists were able to show that leg sinews from an unidentified species were processed as fibers and the cord was therefore very well suited for use as a bowstring, according to their statement. Otzi the Iceman's bowstring identified by scientists 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z She is one of a small number of archers who use a rectangular nylon mouth tab to pull back the bowstring — no small feat for the teen. Kentucky teenager is among top student archers in the world 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z From the building’s bowstring trusses to the loft overlooking the main floor, Dinges said people are drawn by the “coolness factor” of the facility. EXCHANGE: Group looks to revitalize community building 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Hou pledged strict compliance with discipline rules, so that "respect for discipline and upholding the law is always stretched taught as a bowstring". China to weigh social stability risk for Winter Games projects 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z And strong - the tension on her bowstring is about 20 pounds. Kentucky teenager is among top student archers in the world 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z "Prehistoric bowstrings are among the rarest of all finds in archaeological excavations," the museum explained in its statment. Otzi the Iceman's bowstring identified by scientists 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z And strong — the tension on her bowstring is about 20 pounds. Kentucky teenager is among top student archers in the world 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z The new “bowstring truss” bridge - expected to be completed next May at a cost of $18.3 million - will be supported by arches above. Reno bids farewell to 1905 bridge made famous by divorce 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Barbour and his colleagues argue that it is gravity, rather than thermodynamics, that draws the bowstring to let time’s arrow fly. Two Futures Can Explain Time's Mysterious Past 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z "Bad things will always happen if a bowstring is drawn for too long," the paper wrote in a commentary. Defiant North Korea celebrates founder's anniversary 2013-04-15T03:07:47Z "The cord contained in Otzi’s quiver may be the oldest preserved bowstring in the world." Otzi the Iceman's bowstring identified by scientists 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z It just needs the time and stability to pull each one out with a steady hand, set it to the bowstring, pull back, and fire. Lane Was A Dead Man Walking 2013-04-08T13:54:42Z I drew the bowstring back and released and the enemy archer collapsed to the ground. 'War Of The Roses' Review: Skill Is Not An Unlock, Mostly (PC) 2012-10-02T17:45:06Z He has a French cook, but he retains the kurbash; he puts up telephones, but he does not give up the bowstring. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z It was the "twang" of the bowstring that Max had heard in the jungle. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z The bowstring twanged, the arrow sped, and in a moment more a thrust of a lance followed. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z It was as if the curve was a big bent bow, and the road, if continued straight, would be represented by the bowstring. The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys 2012-01-13T03:00:11.507Z Her work was very crude, of course; she had been brutally taught; teachers of that sort should simply be put out of existence with the bowstring. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z Thus, for example, at Mr. Cramer-Klett's ironworks at Nuremberg every piece of iron used for his bowstring bridges is dipped in oil heated to eight hundred degrees. Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z The Philistines would fain abase us lower than the earth; they spit in our faces, for God hath cut our bowstrings and shaken the bridle before us. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z "Twang" went the Lipan boy's bowstring, and he sprang to his feet, drawing his own knife as he did so,—the splendid present of Bowie, the white hero. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z When he ceases to exist, spoons are made of his bones, glue of his horns, bowstrings and thread of his tendons, clothing of his skin, and his flesh becomes a savoury food. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The fatal mark of death by the bowstring is conspicuous on the tombs, as a warning to rebels that they cannot escape the sure vengeance of the Porte. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z Sever two locks of hair for my sake now, Spoil those bright coils of power, give me your hair, And with my mother twist those locks together Into a bowstring for me. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z He who flies will fall by the sword of the pursuer ere he reaches the frontier, and he who escapes the pursuer will fall by the bowstring of the Padishah. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z He drew his bowstring to charge his weapon with a most unseemly twitch; and then exclaimed in wrath at a broken cord. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z And Samson said unto her, "If they bind me with seven new bowstrings that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man." Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students 2011-08-05T02:00:47.727Z We approach the walls and pass a range of gloomy turrets; there are the Seven Towers, prisons, portals of the grave, whose mysteries few live to publish: the bowstring and the sea reveal no secrets. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z These bleachy threads, these tufts of death's first combing, And loosening heart-strings twisted up together Would not make half a bowstring. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z Matohota whirled about at the sharp twang of the bowstrings, and roared defiance at the two figures on the edge of the moonlight. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z Then in Egypt we were not much troubled with war correspondents—perhaps they had the bowstring and sack in mind—but I have an abiding grudge against another type of correspondent whom I encountered there. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven new bowstrings which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students 2011-08-05T02:00:47.727Z "Yes, sir knight," was the reply: "they have occupied all the loopholes, and are ready, with arrows on their bowstrings, as you commanded." The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Many of the warriors could be seen fitting arrows to their bowstrings, and the click of locks was audible as they handled their rifles in very suggestive fashion. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z A fairly deep notch is made to receive the bowstring, and the butt of the arrow is tightly scored transversely, with the idea of affording a better grip. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z "I don't understand," said Kuthen, twanging the bowstring, while one son took a second bow down from the wall, and the other got a fresh string ready. 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar The Scourge of God 2011-05-26T02:00:15.987Z And he brake the bowstrings as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students 2011-08-05T02:00:47.727Z Thus did the avarice of a renegade save the future author of Don Quixote from being strangled with the bowstring. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z "You used to draw that bowstring to your ear," said Daly, sternly, as he pointed to a Swiss bow of portentous size. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z Three of the murderers are said to have strangled the boy with a bowstring, and to have been subsequently assisted by two others to fling the body into the sea. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z He one night resolved to poison the queen, and in the morning to put Zadig to death by the bowstring. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The new bowstrings were probably cords made from the intestines of animals. Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students 2011-08-05T02:00:47.727Z So he made a snare of his bowstring and set it in the trail overnight, and in the morning when he went to look, behold, he had caught the sun in his snare. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z Every native that showed himself within range went down ere he could fit an arrow to his bowstring. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z On entering the imperial tent, the unfortunate man was seized by seven mutes, and strangled with a bowstring, calling vainly upon his father, who, hidden by a silken curtain, witnessed the horrible deed. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z They pulled arrows from their belt-quivers, nocked them to their bowstrings and drew the strings back to their chins. Sweat: Keeping Titles, and Targets, in Sight 2011-02-19T03:02:46Z This was done, and the cruel jailer twisted the bowstring with a stick until the Indian's eyes seemed about to burst from their sockets. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z Then Tavwots saw what he had to do, so he drew his knife and ran to cut the bowstring. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z Add to all this, by way of accessories, a rusty key, a red silk bowstring, a dog choked to death and a grate filled with red coals. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z She deserves the bowstring, instead of the Sultan's embraces,' said Nemyl, sternly. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z A few more steps and then the Indians, not to be taken altogether by surprise, sprang erect and stood with bowstrings stretched. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z The bowstring twanged, the chief's head drooped, and it was seen that the arrow had pierced his breast up to the feather. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z So he ran again and ran back, and the third time he ran he cut the bowstring, and the sun was set free from the snare. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z El Habaqui he adjudged to be a traitor; and, in sentencing him to the bowstring, he inflicted on him only a traitor's doom. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies Around me there is a wailing as if drawn from a sad, dreary bowstring. Woman Ping's bowstring twanged, and then he bounded to the right as if he were dodging something. The Red Mustang Suddenly he heard a sharp clicking sound at his feet resembling the snap of a bowstring. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers The eagles heard the twang of the bowstring, and swung down from White Mountain. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z Tony shoved fiercely from beneath, the thought of prison or the bowstring beating in his brain. The Gay Adventure A Romance Setting another arrow, with feathered end against the bowstring at a point half way between the tips, he dropped a pebble beside it and said; "This arrow points to the Land of Snows." Hawk Eye "No, I will not!" said the man, grasping the babe so tightly that it whimpered, and stretched its little body tense as a bowstring over his arm. The Firebrand Each with her bowstring snug about her snowy neck.... The Moonlit Way Then the Indians broke out in the north, and at last it came to such a pass that the very boys must do fighting, and the women make bowstrings. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z At the same instant the two arrows, that he had seen fitted to their bowstrings, whizzed harmlessly over the boys' heads. Campmates A Story of the Plains He had set an arrow against the bowstring in readiness for whatever kind of game might suddenly start up. Hawk Eye “Ah, you catch that,” cried Kobo, as he drew his bowstring in answer, and saw his arrow quivering in the neck of the rainmaker. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa At Hamaxitus in the Troad, they were assailed in the night by mice, which ate all that was edible of their armour and bowstrings. Custom and Myth New Edition Two stiff wooden arms were inserted in the two skeins, and a specially strong bowstring joined the tips of these arms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" She felt singing from head to foot like a twanged bowstring. Shadows of Flames A Novel As the sound was not repeated, he strode in among the trees, setting an arrow against the bowstring. Hawk Eye The warning, though rough, was all needed, for hardly had I obeyed it, when bang—whigge! the great hawser flew taut like some huge bowstring, just where my head had been a moment before. A Veldt Vendetta Rats then gnaw the bowstrings of his enemies. Custom and Myth New Edition Sliding up and down in the trough was a block, fitted with a trigger mechanism, through which passed the middle of the bowstring. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The bowstring was too often the only warrant for the deposition of a minister. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 As he slipped behind a tree trunk and fitted an arrow to his bowstring, he heard Raven Wing's voice calling. Hawk Eye “I will be careful,” replied Hans, as he fitted an arrow to the bowstring, and crouching below the rocks they had piled up as a breastwork, drew the bow and discharged the arrow. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer Tharn ruefully rubbed an angry welt on his left wrist where the bowstring had stung him. Warrior of the Dawn The tenuous, twisting trail—that very old trail—has been superseded by a clean white road that is like to a long bowstring. Seeds of Pine So he cried and drew the bowstring to his breast and the poisoned arrowhead to the bow, and the bowstring rang, and the arrow flew, and did but graze the hand of Paris. Tales of Troy and Greece The falling handkerchief starts the bugle, and the bugle, using its voice as a bowstring, shoots off twenty girls like so many arrows. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Those whom the bullet and the sword did not reach perished by the axe and the bowstring. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries And now the momentary paralysis of the guards snapped like an overdrawn bowstring. Warrior of the Dawn Rick took the extra bowstrings from the quiver and handed them to Zircon. The Pirates of Shan So Thrasymedes whipped him with his bowstring till he was tired, and they did not leave off beating the beggar till he ceased howling and fell, all bleeding, and lay still. Tales of Troy and Greece From time to time her gentle hand replaced The flowery girdle slipping from her waist: It seemed that Love could find no place more fair, So hung his newest, dearest bowstring there. The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa "Twang!" went the bowstring, and the buck leaped high into the air and fell down dead, with the arrow in his heart. The Story of Hiawatha Adapted from Longfellow Arrows were fitted to bowstrings, spears were poised and muskets primed. The Story of Sitka The Historic Outpost of the Northwest Coast Rick fitted the arrow's nock to the bowstring, got his fingers in position to draw, and flexed the bow slightly. The Pirates of Shan As he did so he heard the remarkably well imitated twang of a bowstring, and his imagination supplied his own interpretation to the sound passing his ear. Bring Me His Ears The spars bent, groaning beneath the strain, and the stays grew as taut as bowstrings. Doubloons—and the Girl The canoe darted ahead faster and faster until it grated on the beach, and Hiawatha fitted an arrow to his bowstring and sent it hissing into the open doorway of the wigwam. The Story of Hiawatha Adapted from Longfellow What by the bowstring, and what by the scimetar, he had so thinned the population with which he commenced business, that scarcely any of the characters remained alive at the end of act the first. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 In the first Rick found four new bowstrings and beeswax for waxing them, plus a small file and a whetstone for keeping the broadheads sharp. The Pirates of Shan Then he stiffened and reached convulsively toward his holster, for the unmistakable twang of a bowstring sounded from the bushes above his head. Bring Me His Ears The women of Carthage not only gave up their jewels in the siege of their city, but, in the last extremity, cut off their hair for bowstrings. Household Papers and Stories "Twang!" went the bowstring again, and the wizard's knees trembled beneath him, for the second arrow had struck in the same spot as the first and had made the wound much deeper. The Story of Hiawatha Adapted from Longfellow The air was warm and damp, and the snow soft and slushy, and the elder brother’s bowstring hung loose, while the bow of the younger caught in a tree and snapped in half. The Brown Fairy Book "If thou refusest my fair proffer," said the prince, "the provost of the lists shall cut thy bowstring, break thy bow and arrows, and expel thee from the presence as a faint-hearted craven." Eighth Reader The hawser was as taut as a bowstring—so strong she pulled upon her anchor. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) His right arm is out of sight, and only the right hand is seen, drawing back the bowstring to his breast. Evangelists of Art Picture-Sermons for Children Have we not decreed that the bowstring should be the portion of all those who are reported to be either writers or readers of books? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 The Dhahs shifted their arrows from the bowstrings and seemed reluctant to give us even this short respite. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly "Get ye gone, or the bastinado and the bowstring shall be your portion." Dreamers of the Ghetto Then he jumped down, and lifting Amuba, who was insensible from the sharp jerk of the bowstring upon his throat and the violence of his fall, carried him back to his chariot. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt By the bowstring of my fathers, but that would be a great and worthy killing! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 30, 1914 He must not beat her or strangle her with a bowstring or drop her into the Bosporus. In a Little Town For Thou wilt make them turn their back, Thou wilt make ready Thy bowstring against their faces. The Lord of Glory Meditations on the person, the work and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ Their hands were stretched before them, their muskets hung empty from their shoulders, their bowstrings were loosened; the calumet was in their hands. The Road to Frontenac “I see nothing,” Amuba replied, looking round, and at the same time putting another arrow into his bowstring ready to repel the attack of some dangerous creature. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt There came the twang of the bowstring, and the next moment the gooseshaft was flying towards its mark. Robin Hood The night following, a prodigious multitude of rats entered the camp of the Assyrians, and gnawing to pieces all their bowstrings, and the thongs of their shields, rendered them incapable of making the least defence. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) He hooked the bowstring to his belt and put his right foot in the stirrup in front of the bow. The Saracen: The Holy War But how could such a pleasant-looking fellow bring himself to strangle a man with a bowstring? The Saracen: Land of the Infidel So I won’t bowstring you or cut off your unusually attractive head! The Dark Star He was at tension, like a bowstring that is stretched continually. The Dop Doctor Padahoon, there is no more power in me than there is tang in a wet bowstring. The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts He kicked out sharply, straightening his right leg, and the bowstring snapped into place behind the catch. The Saracen: The Holy War Three loud snaps of the bowstrings came at the same moment as Simon's cry of "No!" The Saracen: Land of the Infidel The hawser was as taut as a bowstring and the current so strong she pulled upon her anchor. Treasure Island The next step was the contrivance of arched beams or bowstring girders, firmly held together by horizontal ties to resist the thrust, instead of abutments. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson See that you come not back to me nor to your young son until the bowstring is frayed asunder. The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts The Turkish bowstring, which is amazingly strong, is formed of untwisted silk, generally white, bound together at intervals by threads of a different colour. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 He had squatted there and waited, taut as a bowstring, to find out whether the Filippeschi would attack. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Who dares laugh at Love shall hear Love laughing last, As forth from his bowstring barbed arrows are cast. Three Women Take warning, pasha; for the bowstring may be used at last. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf A landslip on the trail, a rainstorm that wetted their bowstrings and left ours dry. The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts There, too, he was shipped on board the vessel destined to carry him into exile; or, if condemned to expiate his offences with his life, it was there the bowstring was applied. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 "Because you are his man," said Daoud, and he thumbed the notched wheel that held the bowstring in place. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel The air was filled with flying arrows, as, crouching low behind quickly constructed redoubts, the followers of the stout-souled Zeno busily stretched their bowstrings, and shot their feathered barbs into the mass of crowding seamen. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Ibrahim started as if from a snake about to spring upon him—for the ominous bowstring swung negligently from the slave’s hand, and the imperial signet still glistened on his finger. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf That stuff is a bundle of bowstring hemp. The Pools of Silence Rifles were flashing, bowstrings were twanging, spears were dashed into the fattest of the herd, and buffaloes were falling in all directions. History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians Then he cried aloud, "Pull the arrow back quick, Madge, and raise the bow higher when you shoot again; draw the bowstring back as far as you can." The Island House A Tale for the Young Folks The women are very expert at platting, which is usually done with three threads of sinew; if greater strength is required, several of these are twisted slackly together, as in the bowstrings. Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage No Circassian slave, afraid of bowstring and sack, could have entreated her master's clemency with deeper self-abasement. Vixen, Volume III. As he did so he caught the sound of the twang of a bowstring, followed by a stifled cry and a fall, then came a loud yell, checked almost before it was uttered. With Cochrane the Dauntless When I give the word, all aim at that tree—" he pointed out a round-headed, dwarfed clump of foliage that seemed to hiss with twanging bowstrings—"then fire all together. Gold Out of Celebes Her tipi soon she reached, distant no more Than arrow from a warrior's bowstring sent, Paused but to wipe her knife upon the grass, And found her usual couch upon the floor. Indian Legends of Minnesota From the moment he is old enough to draw a bowstring, he commences warfare on birds and small animals. The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier "I say it's the twang of a bowstring, Sol." The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods Grunne fitted an arrow to his bowstring, and drew it to his ear. Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations William continued his wonderful archery, never missing his aim, till all his arrows were spent, and the flames came so close that his bowstring was burnt in two. Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race William shot so wondrous well, Till his arrows were all ago', And the fire so fast upon him fell That his bowstring burnt in two. The Book of Brave Old Ballads For the Indians were riding on in the ellipse, and another man fitted an arrow to his bowstring, and as he rode by loosed it off. The Peril Finders They could not hear the twang of bowstrings now, but the shouts still came to them, though much softened by the distance. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods And this time he placed an arrow on his bowstring and drew it to the full. Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations Those who assisted him in his reforms, he rewarded with the bowstring. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The Finn, to show his marksmanship, aimed at Einar's bowstring and cut it with his arrow. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima Upon the morning breeze the piercing twang Of taut-drawn bowstring ominously rang, While with a moan the noble creature sank In pain and terror on the reedy bank. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886 His hand upon his bow that best Of mighty archers firmly pressed, And from the well-drawn bowstring, true Each to its mark, six arrows flew. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse One of us has already died to furnish the bowstring, and if we now cut off our claws we shall all have to starve together. The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 301-398 The other boy took an arrow and placed it on the bowstring. Daniel Boone Taming the Wilds The King lost his temper and threatened Ulf with an arrow on his bowstring. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima On the 2d of January he returned to the mouth of the Yazoo, and there found McClernand armed with the bowstring and the baton. History of the Nineteenth Army Corps Thou shalt the world this day behold In wild disorder uncontrolled, With dying life which naught defends From the fierce storm my bowstring sends. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The bowstring is let go—or, rather, the trigger is pulled—at the final Yû! The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 301-398 “The blasphemous dog!” said Yeo, fumbling at his bowstring, as if he longed to send an arrow through him. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 It is cultivated to some extent by the Indians of Brazil for the sake of its young leaves, which furnish a strong fiber for making bowstrings, fishing nets, etc. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Yet, any evening, at the pout of a dancing-girl, the monarch may send from his harem to the vizier's palace a negro "mute," armed with the bowstring. The New World of Islam He drew his bowstring: with the clang From ease to west the welkin rang: Then in his modest mood withdrew A little from the ladies' view. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse He staggered, then, taking a new direction, ran a few strides, then stopped in hesitation, seeing an Indian rise to his knees, fixing an arrow to his bowstring. Kiddie the Scout The Judge felt moved to a most unusual sensation, as if he were a loosened bowstring beside this twanging, taut intensity. The Squirrel-Cage Corawa fiber, or silk-grass of Guiana, is obtained from this plant, which is very strong, and much used for bowstrings, fishing lines, nets, and ropes. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture The Turk, for instance, bowstrings you or tries to, for peeping under his wife's veil; the American shoots you at sight for speaking slightingly of his daughter. Homo 1909 Yea, idly mayst thou vaunt thee, till Sharp arrows winged with matchless skill From Ráma's bowstring, fleet and fierce As lightning's flame, thy body pierce. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Samson said to her, "If they should bind me with seven green bowstrings which have not been dried, I would become weak like any other man." The Children's Bible “They may come nearer,” he thought, and he softly fitted an arrow to the bowstring, and waited for his opportunity, for he could do no more. Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy Half-a-dozen bowstrings twang simultaneously, and as many arrows bury themselves in his flesh. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico After this, the principal chiefs entered the houses of the late chief’s wives, armed with a sort of bowstring. Old Jack Then anew The arrows from his bowstring flew, And pierced, well aimed with perfect art, Each limb and joint and vital part. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Then the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven green bowstrings which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. The Children's Bible Nay, you can sheathe the sword, Slack bowstring, and make spear a hunter's toy. Helen Redeemed and Other Poems There was a click as the trigger mechanism locked the bowstring in place p. 73 and at the same time a concealed spring arrangement shoved an arrow into place against the string. Space Prison The hum of the village life came to him, the sound of voices, the tread of feet, the twang of a boyish bowstring, but the guard in the doorway never stirred. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War All arts of war each foeman knew, And trained alike, his bowstring drew. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse If they join any of the natives in open rebellion, they are strangled with a bowstring, or hanged on an iron hook. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs He broke his bowstring, and his hand was numbed at the wrist-joint. The Iliad of Homer (1873) The bowstring hath been costly but the arrows! Witch-Doctors The bowstrings twanged again, and again six arrows whistled by. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War I looked, I looked, but never saw His mighty hand the bowstring draw That sent the deadly arrows out, While rang through air his battle-shout. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Usually a bowstring was twisted about a fire stick, and the stick was turned rapidly in a groove. Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children Grandmother, I wished to take away my bowstring, but I was scared every time.” Myths and Legends of the Great Plains A sailor's jerkin and breeches, a knife, a sail needle threaded with somewhat like a bowstring"— "A deer's sinew. Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims He would endure everything and he would not look at these cruel faces; so he fixed his eyes on the high hill and did not look away when the bowstrings twanged a third time. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War And, from the bowstring freed, shall be Giver of freedom, King, to thee. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Snap, snap, snap, went the bowstrings on all sides. Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children Then he made a noose of a bowstring, setting it where the footprints were commonly seen. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains Firearms and swords were only used by the chiefs and headmen of the tribe, and their national weapon was the bamboo bow having the bowstring made from a thin strip of its elastic bark. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II A great number of bowstrings were also found in the villages, and some lead, so that they could use it for their slings. The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis Wroth at the bowstring's threatening clang To meet his foe the giant sprang. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The chiefs painted their bodies, donned their war shirts, sharpened their tomahawks, tipped their arrows, and tightened their bowstrings. Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children Then he made a rush with his head bent down and his arm stretched out, and cut the bowstring with his knife. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains Slowly the boy fitted the arrow to the bow, and slowly he pulled the bowstring taut. The Scarlet Plague Seeing this, the savages stopped, hastily fitted arrows to their bowstrings and discharged them, the one at Hengler, the other at Leif. The Norsemen in the West Vibhishaṇ with the stroke had died, But Lakshmaṇ's hand his bowstring plied, And flying arrows thick as hail Smote fiercely on the giant's mail. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The free spirit of my poor servant resented this unnecessary rudeness, and he felt a strong inclination to fight, but discretion, or some faint remembrance of scimitars and bowstrings, induced him to submit. In the Track of the Troops But Rabbit had the hair between his shoulders scorched yellow by the heat of the Sun as he stooped and cut the bowstring. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains But Edwin, suddenly stopped by what he saw, was drawing the bowstring on a fitted arrow. The Scarlet Plague They had only to twang their bowstrings and the death-yells of the men would instantly resound in the forest. The Prairie Chief They heard the fearful shout: they saw His mighty hand the bowstring draw, Yet could no wounded giant's eye See the swift storm of arrows fly. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse “And do you know why I received the bowstring?” screamed the old hag. The Pacha of Many Tales The sudden jerk caused the thong to vibrate like a bowstring, and the bull lay motionless on the grass. The Rifle Rangers I heard the twang of a bowstring and the swish of an arrow over my head. A Mating in the Wilds Yet not before a quick twang from Sir Ludar’s bowstring had sent an arrow into his quarter. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess Each man uses but one bowstring, and that is his own. Northland Heroes “But your highness will probably be tired; and as I have now told how it was that I suffered the bastinado, you will perhaps wait till to-morrow for the history of the bowstring.” The Pacha of Many Tales The plumes at the butt are indicated, as are also the strings by which the plumes are tied on and the notches to receive the bowstring. The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 But snap! went the bowstring, and down fell the arrow! Ting-a-ling When they have weighed sufficiently long upon men, Providence, like the sultan to his viziers, sends them the bowstring by a mute, and they execute themselves. Napoleon the Little The arms were set in rope; a cord, fastened to the arms like a bowstring, fired arrows, darts, and stones. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America I don’t know; but she has had the bowstring and is not yet dead. The Pacha of Many Tales My mind had been kept on so high a tone, there was a strain, a tension, of which I was hardly conscious till the bowstring was slackened. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author After supper, the two fairies came down to the Giant's end of the table, and he told them all that had happened, and how fortunate it was that the bowstring of the Kyrofatalapynx had broken. Ting-a-ling Presently one gets a favorable opportunity, his bowstring twangs, and his opponent falls to the ground. Negritos of Zambales "Who—who?" gasped Mole, in fearful terror; for he had just been dreaming of the rack and the bowstring. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series Ay, and again shall the bowstring be applied to your proud neck—and more effectually than before.” The Pacha of Many Tales Several of these missiles came from the bow of the Pacha himself, who was probably the last commander-in-chief who ever drew a bowstring in European battle. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 No, the town was besieged, and we made ropes with our hair, and bowstrings.... While Caroline Was Growing Fit the same intellect to a man and it is a bowstring; to a woman and it is a harp-string. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric Moley Pasha went to sleep and to dream of bowstrings, scimitars, and various painful forms of execution. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series “There you are mistaken, Mr Vizier, for I have suffered both the bastinado and the bowstring.” The Pacha of Many Tales For parabolic or bowstring girders, when r = 8, the limiting span is 1280 ft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" One of them takes his stand close to the foot of the pole, fits an arrow on his bowstring, aims steadily, and shoots straight up. Peeps At Many Lands: Belgium But I just wish one was a "bowstring" and round a girl's neck. Set in Silver Bathalda had brought with him a bag of sharp obsidian arrowheads, and some feathers for winging them, together with a bowstring of twice the ordinary strength. By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico “Very true; he might send me the bowstring tomorrow.” The Pacha of Many Tales As soon as the shelter had been reached, the bowstrings were shifted, the guns reprimed, and the match changed upon the linstocks. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. Yet with that low voice for their bowstring they gave him comfort. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi Then he unstrung one end of a bowstring, twisted it once round the stick, and strung it again. Under Drake's Flag A Tale of the Spanish Main So it is; yet let us sing Honour to the old bowstring! A Mother's List of Books for Children And the capidji bachi produced a silken bowstring, and at the same time he handed the fatal scroll to the pacha. The Pacha of Many Tales Conchubar, had you seen her With that high, laughing, turbulent head of hers Thrown backward, and the bowstring at her ear. Irish Plays and Playwrights Their bows are formed of three pieces of fir, the centre piece alone bent, the other two lying in the same straight line with the bowstring; the pieces are neatly tied together with sinew. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 At the same time, an officer shouted an order, and the Chuldun archers drew arrows from their quivers and fitted them to their bowstrings. Temple Trouble In stringing the bow it is grasped by the center of the stock with the left hand and the top, where the loose loop of the bowstring is placed, is held with the right hand. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir I have suffered the bastinado and the bowstring, but both were merciful compared to this. The Pacha of Many Tales He heard bowstrings twang, and saw great creatures stagger and fall headlong, and lie panting in the long grass. Old Kaskaskia Keen as an arrow from twanging bowstring, Pierre Radisson set sail over the roaring seas for the northern bay. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade They remained thus with muscles strung like bowstrings, immobile as a group of statuary. Leaves from a Field Note-Book The bowstring is nearly always a strip of rattan about 3 millimeters broad. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir These bows are quite short, generally about 4 feet long when straightened out, and have triangular-shaped knobs at the ends for holding the bowstrings. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea Ah! you steal upon one as noiselessly, yet as destructive as the rats that crept upon the bowstrings at Pelusium! Infelice It could be drawn as tight as a Turkish bowstring, but for reasons which we may arrive at after the war, it does not seem to have been so drawn up to date. Sea Warfare Mr. Godfrey, in his advocacy of bowstring bars anchored with washers and nuts at the ends, fails to indicate how they shall be placed. Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 The bow is made of bamboo bent into the form of a defensive bow, to the ends of which are attached several threads of abak� fiber that serve as the bowstring. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir "Probably your ancestor himself was a swineherd in Normandy, while mine were Thanes in England, and their courteous manners have descended to you," retorted Martin; whereupon Drogo laid his bowstring about his daring junior. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars The bows are unusually long: I measured one made of bamboo, and found that along the bowstring it measured six feet four inches. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 Suddenly a number of Indian braves rushed towards him, arrows notched in the bowstrings. The Princess Pocahontas When he had come to an end, and stood tense and quivering as a bowstring whose arrow has just flown, these words reached him:— "Hiero is not dead; he is there behind the trees." Idolatry A Romance Then, on pulling the trigger, the bowstring was lifted out of the notch, and sent the nail off sailing. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island I doubt not, if the bow was considered a weapon of war now, the fair maidens of the South would gladly contribute their flowing tresses for bowstrings, if necessary, as did the women of Carthage. Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes, Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South Indeed, that snake of seven heads and vast body, of sharp fangs and virulent poison, of large neck and the masculine sex, was twined round with the cord that served as its bowstring. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Those two great car-warriors, the ruler of the Madras and Yudhishthira, began to cover each other with arrows, washed in oil and shot from their bowstrings stretched to their ears. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Lounging idly at the great entrance were those more immediately in attendance on their chief, some playing at merelles, or nine-men's morris; others tilting with mimic arms, and twanging the bowstring. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 A hole was drilled through the muzzle end to receive the bow, and then the bowstring was tied fast. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island The arrow was neither feathered nor grooved for a bowstring. The Wings of the Morning That for one belonging to the royal order should be a bowstring. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Some stretched their bows; others drew their bowstrings. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 His nerves shook for an instant, but the next moment he put them under command, and carefully tested the bowstring. The Rulers of the Lakes A Story of George and Champlain Professor Keeler told us to tighten this bowstring until the distance from the wire to the cross stick at the center was equal to one-tenth of the length of the stick. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island The ends of the arrows were thus convenient to his right hand, and with one sweeping circular motion he could draw them from the quiver and fit them to the bowstring. The Hunters of the Hills And as he repeatedly stretched the bowstring, the twang that followed resembled the loud sound of some mighty machine. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 My mind was concentrated upon him, the twang of whose bowstring and the sound of whose palms Indra himself was unable to bear. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 A strange terror, the terror of the weird and unknown, seized him, but in an instant it passed, and he drew the bowstring. The Rulers of the Lakes A Story of George and Champlain The Umbrella Rib Crossbow. and a nail was laid in the channel with its head against the bowstring. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island Before he had touched earth they saw the kneeling man pull a bowstring to his ear and let fly. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Furious they became, when those words they heard; their fingers they stretched forth, and their bowstrings seized; sharply shot, and with shields themselves protected. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson The person could not be seen competent to stay before the son of Adhiratha, while the latter, putting on his fences, used to touch the bowstring! The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 His mouth-line is as straight as a bowstring, and when he speaks, which is often, or smiles, which is not so frequent, he shows an even line of large white teeth. The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin But before winding we had laid in between the ribs a piece of heavy twine, to which the bowstrings could be tied after the bow was all wound. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island It seems that Ts'in Shi Hwangti did draw the bowstring back—by this very wickedness,—far back—that sent the arrow China tearing and blazing out through the centuries to come. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Her little body was taut as a bowstring, her lips tight. The Truce of God And then he poured many arrows on the steeds and driver and the bowstring of Drona's son in the very sight of thy warriors. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 We sailed abreast of the low beach or bowstring, within less than a league of the shore, till sun-set, and we then judged ourselves to be about half-way between the two horns. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time When we wanted to fire the gun the bowstring was drawn back, and held by slipping it into the notch, Fig. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island The women are very expert at platting, which is usually done with three threads of sinew; if greater strength is required, several of these are twisted slackly together, as in the bowstrings. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 Undoubtedly not more insane than the rest of us, but her self-control snapped like a bowstring which is overstrained. The Dangerous Age The loud noise of their bows, bowstrings, and palms resembled that of Indra's thunder as those high-souled warriors, the brave ruler of the Madras and the heroic Pandava, showered upon each other their numberless arrows. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The vertical component of the stress in the end bay of the top flange of the bowstring girder, Fig. Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 Rats then gnaw the bowstrings of his enemies. Custom and Myth He also secured some provisions, and put two spare bowstrings in his pocket. After London Or, Wild England I armed myself swiftly as any, and Thormod bade me take Halfden's place on the fore deck, where the men were already looking to bowstrings and bringing up sheaves of arrows and darts. Wulfric the Weapon Thane Fixing then on his bowstring a mighty arrow that resembled the rod of Yama, Partha, smiling the while, quickly sped it at Susarman, aiming it at him. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The result of this is a complete set of stresses in all the members of the bowstring girder—see Fig. Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 At Hamaxitus in the Troad, they were assailed in the night by mice, which ate all that was edible of their armour and bowstrings. Custom and Myth A catgut bowstring drills for boring holes, and screw-drills for cutting threads, hammers, and an anvil. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama "And do you know why I received the bowstring?" screamed the old hag. The Pacha of Many Tales Beware, oh my son, that thou pullest not the long bow ere the bowstring be twisted, or ever the arrow be at hand—send not in thy bill ere the customer have bought the goods. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy That there is no single instance of compression in a vertical member of the bowstring girder, b. Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 Elsewhere, it is certain that the story of mice gnawing the bowstrings occurs frequently as an explanation of mouse-worship. Custom and Myth Their bows are formed of three pieces of fir, the centrepiece alone bent, the other two lying in the same straight line with the bowstring; the pieces are neatly tied together with sinew. The Journey to the Polar Sea "There you are mistaken, Mr Vizier, for I have suffered both the bastinado and the bowstring." The Pacha of Many Tales He cut the bowstring from its place, and violently throwing Yan down, he tied his feet so that they had about eighteen inches' play. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned A girder, Fig. 1A, with parallel flanges, verticals, and diagonals, and depth equal to the length of one bay, was drawn with the same loading as the bowstring. Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 Her sinews tighten like bowstrings, and she darts on with the lightning speed of despair. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour Her heart strings were drawn to the snapping point; her mind was a bowstring never relaxed, till every fiber of her resistant body ached for relief. Out of the Ashes Then it appears," said the pacha, taking the pipe out of his mouth, "that the bastinado was as ill-managed as the bowstring. The Pacha of Many Tales Then the bank hid him from us; but we saw a Dane fixing arrow to bowstring, and saw him shoot; but he missed, surely, for he took another arrow and ran on down the bank. A Thane of Wessex The horizontal component of the stress in any other bay of the top or bottom flange of the bowstring girder—Fig. Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 "Steady, my lads, and take good aim," he said coolly as he fixed an arrow to his bowstring. The Thirsty Sword The arrow of the Sobharis is shot from the bowstrings at the golden chest on the chariot of the Maruts. Sacred Books of the East Good heavens!" thought I, "I have suffered the bastinado and the bowstring, but both were merciful compared to this. The Pacha of Many Tales The fatal bowstring was not in his thought, When, breaking truce, he so unjustly fought; Made the world tremble with a numerous host, And of undoubted victory did boast. Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham What acceptances and resignations!—Viziers and bowstrings never succeeded one another quicker. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I "A stag! a stag!" cried Kenric as he promptly took an arrow and fixed it to his bowstring. The Thirsty Sword O monarch, it is, indeed difficult to hide the marks of the bowstring on my arms. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva And the Capidji Bachi produced a silken bowstring, and at the same time he handed the fatal scroll to the pacha. The Pacha of Many Tales Once more was I preparing, sore chagrined, To draw the bowstring, when the ravenous beast Glaring around espied me, lashed his sides With his huge tail, and opened war at once. Theocritus, translated into English Verse Toomuch," he said, "you will at the same time send a bowstring to Codfish Pasha, my Chief of War. Further Foolishness He fixed an arrow to his bowstring; but at the sound of the creaking bow the wolf gave a sharp yelp and disappeared into the darkness beyond. The Thirsty Sword The heroine originally had to speak two lines with a bowstring round her neck. Samuel Johnson I don't know; but she has had the bowstring and is not yet dead. The Pacha of Many Tales Relaxing his bowstring, he returned the arrow to the quiver and, throwing the bow about his shoulder, stepped closer to the pinioned beast. Beasts of Tarzan This stranger, too, my governess, this professor, bring also for the professor a bowstring, and a two-bladed knife! Further Foolishness Promptly he put an arrow to his bowstring and took deft aim. The Thirsty Sword As Pluto lifted his huge fist Demo drew the bowstring. The Tarn of Eternity He waved his hands, I was seized by the mutes, and the bowstring encircled my neck. The Pacha of Many Tales "If thou refusest my fair proffer," said the Prince, "the Provost of the lists shall cut thy bowstring, break thy bow and arrows, and expel thee from the presence as a faint-hearted craven." Ivanhoe "Toomuch," he said, "kindly go and fetch me a sharp knife, double-edged if possible, but sharp, and a stout bowstring." Further Foolishness The bowstrings twanged, and the two arrows speeding in their deadly flight plunged side by side into the stag's broad chest. The Thirsty Sword O hands, what you suffer for lack of a bowstring, the prey of that man! Philoktetes The falling handkerchief starts the bugle, and the bugle, using its voice as a bowstring, shoots of twenty girls like so many arrows. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates Two hearts beat loudly as Fine Bow fitted his arrow to the bowstring. Indian Why Stories Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire I shall first stab myself in the stomach and then throttle myself with the bowstring. Further Foolishness On the panzers arrows rattle, Where our Norse king stands in battle; From the helmets blood-streams flow, Where our Norse king draws his bow: His bowstring twangs,—its biting hail Rattles against the ring-linked mail. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway So he made a snare of his bowstring and set it in the trail overnight. How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell When they came close to the enemy they strung their arrows onto the bowstring and drove them through the two fleeing hunters. Myths and Legends of the Sioux I was not more than eight years old, yet I tested the strength of my bowstring and adjusted my sharpest and best arrow for immediate service. Indian Boyhood His companion had selected his animal and drew so powerfully on his sinew bowstring that it broke. Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains O'er the broad heath the bowstrings twang, While high in air the arrows sang. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway And Tavwots ran again; this time he cut the bowstring and set the sun free. How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell The bowstring touch'd her breast, so strong she drew; Whizzing in air the fatal arrow flew. The Aeneid English My heart was slack as a wetted bowstring. The Trail Book Scheherezade could do no more for a Sultan, and to save her own neck from the bowstring! Peter Ibbetson Should I, the last of the Clancings, show my face upon it, I might be handed over to the village beadle as a trespasser, or scourged off it perhaps by the bowstrings of insolent huntsmen.' Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 One of them belonged to a Turkish Pacha who was destroyed by the bowstring. The Dog The words were still on his lips when he heard the creaking of a bowstring. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age There he stood shifting from one foot to another and Willow-in-the-Wind turned taut as a bowstring. The Trail Book Apollo twangs not ever on the same bowstring. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger The women cut off their hair to make bowstrings. Outline of Universal History With what delicacy he concealed the bowstring and spoke of the Bosphorus only as a place for moonlight excursions. The Delicious Vice Olaf chose one of his best arrows and fixed it to his bowstring, then bent his bow with the full strength of his arms, aiming very steadily. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age "And the twang of the bowstring and the thrashing about of the kill in the thicket would have told Tse-tse exactly wheretheywere," said the Navajo. The Trail Book What boots the archer's skill, if, when the foe draw near, His bowstring snap and leave him helpless in the fight? The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV "After all," he soliloquized aloud, "it is difficult for civilization to get on without the sultan's sack and bowstring." The Philistines Besides these, they make use of small flutes, bowstrings, elephants' teeth, and bells; and at all their dances and concerts, clapping of hands appears to constitute a necessary part of the chorus. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa The bowstring twanged and the arrow flew whizzing through the air. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age We waited, arrow on bowstring, not knowing if it were one of our own coming back to us or a Lenape asking for parley. The Trail Book And bearest as many kicks and bruises As the said Rose and Nutmeg chooses; Thy head still near the bowstring's borders. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes If his bowstring stretched in the heat or dampness, as sinew is liable to do, he shortened it by twisting one end prior to bracing it. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow One Indian was lying right up close, and while dying tried to shoot an arrow, but his strength failed so fast that the arrow only barely left the bowstring. Crooked Trails Then the war horns were sounded on both sides, the warriors set their arrows to the bowstring and a fierce fight began. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age All night long he pursued his way, his muscles playing tirelessly to the demands of a mind as taut as bowstring. The Way of an Indian They stowed in the cabins, fore and aft, their weapons,—swords, spears, axes, bows, chests of arrow-heads, leather bags of bowstrings, mail-shirts, and helmets, and fine clothes for holidays and fighting days. Hereward, the Last of the English Each thread will stand a strain of six pounds; therefore, a bowstring of fifty strands will suspend a weight of 300 pounds. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow Cuchuma himself began removing the tendons from the legs, to cure for bowstrings, and to wrap a new bow he was going to make. History of California Quinola The Grand Turk himself never offered the bowstring with greater delicacy. The Resources of Quinola The bowstrings twanged and the ravens could only see the lightning sweep of axes and furious gun-butts going over the pall of mingled dust and powder smoke. The Way of an Indian What by the bowstring, and what by the cimeter, he had so thinned the population with which he commenced business, that scarcely any of the characters remained alive at the end of act the first. Autobiographical Sketches Wax it thoroughly and, removing the lower loop, twist the entire bowstring in the direction of the previous maneuver until it is shortened to the proper length to fit the bow. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow The Dey raged at this bold repartee, and began to speak of bowstrings and the ministers of death. Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. — a Memoir Like the Greek maidens of old, I fain would cut off my long, resplendent tresses to make a bowstring for my hero. The Home and the World They used to throw 'em to the lions, or bowstring 'em in the harems. We Can't Have Everything Her answer was delayed about as long as it takes to lift an arrow from a quiver and notch it in a bowstring. Over the Pass The point of starting this serving is two and one-half inches above the center of the bowstring. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow Such things are done in the East—dynasties annihilated, kingdoms overthrown, poison or bowstring used at will, to gratify a profligate's passion, or pay for a spendthrift's extravagances. Phantom Fortune, a Novel Who knows, if Mahomet's awaking anger May spare the fatal bowstring till to-morrow? Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes It ran up with his weight, tight as a bowstring. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction Jack's nostrils quivered with the indrawing of a great gust of air and his diaphragm swelled until his ribs were like taut bowstrings. Over the Pass I file all my nocks to fit a certain two-inch wire nail whose diameter is just that of my bowstring. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow And he did love the song of the bowstring in battle, and these eyes have beheld him cast a spear till the head stood out beyond a man's body. Children of the Frost He hath put out more eyes than the small-pox; more deaf than the cataracts of Nilus; lamed more than the gout; shrunk more sinews than one that makes bowstrings, and killed more idly than tobacco. Character Writings of the 17th Century As the lop-eared cub darted after a cat that shot like a ray of moonlight under a cabin, a window opened noiselessly, and zing! a bowstring twanged its sharp warning in the tense silence. Northern Trails, Book I. Here he grasped me by the arm, in such wise as made me believe I was about to have my head thrust through a bowstring. Travels in Morocco, Volume 1. Anything such as a coat sleeve touching the bowstring when in action, diverts the arrow in its flight. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow From its milk is produced cheese; from its skin, clothing; from its tendons, bowstrings and thread; from its horns, glue; from its bones, spoons; and its flesh furnishes food. The Book of Household Management So full, so close, were these "pinchings," that one author complained that men wearing them could not draw their bowstrings well. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) Slowly, carefully the young wolf gathered his feet under him, tense as a bowstring. Northern Trails, Book I. In many countries nerves are still as tense as a bowstring, and the language of hatred still prevails. Peaceless Europe Such angulation helps not only in holding the bowstring, but keeps the tip from coming off under pressure. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow Now and then some person would be a little late in attempting to cross before him; then with what grace Demedes would spur after him, his bow and bowstring for whip! The Prince of India — Volume 02 They knew that strips of fresh-cut skins would make bowstrings, or the entrails of animals dried and rendered pliable. Lost in the Backwoods Light as the rainbow's spring through the air, as the dart from the bowstring, Leaps the yoke of the bridge over the boisterous stream. The Poems of Schiller — Third period Deliberately drawing back his bowstring, the boy drove one of the heavy missiles that Walter had cut for him full into the evil face of Ab Durkin. The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies Or, the Secret of the Lost Claim Still when at night we hear the tingling call of the lynx up in the woods, we yearn for a willing dog and a taut bowstring. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow He could see that the hand was clenched tightly, for even the naked forearm was taut as a bowstring. The Heart of the Hills A little at a time he moved the end of the pole until it was over Miki's head, with the deadly bowstring and its open noose hanging down. Nomads of the North A Story of Romance and Adventure under the Open Stars For an instant every muscle in Jean's body became as taut as a bowstring. God's Country—And the Woman Three bowstrings sang, and as many mountaineers, with yells of rage, began shooting, fanning every rock and bush about them, in hopes of driving from cover their tantalizing opponents. The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies Or, the Secret of the Lost Claim But so long as we can draw a bowstring and our legs hold out, and there is an intelligent dog to be had, it will not be the last lion on our list. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow Certainly not in contemporary British literature is there another writer whose bowstring has such a twang. Winter Sunshine Hanging ought to be an effectual remedy for many delusions; for, in my case, the bowstring I was under certainly did wonders in a very short time. The Monikins Boast not ancestral wisdom; each man alone A single bowstring uses, and that his own; What matters it to any the worth that's buried? Fridthjof's Saga; a Norse romance Even before the hat had spent its upward flight, Stacy Brown's bowstring sang, a slender dark streak sped through the air, its course laid directly for the hat of which its owner was so proud. The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies Or, the Secret of the Lost Claim After a long time he came back to San Francisco, and this is the story he told me—and Art has no guile in his system but is as straight as a bowstring. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow Men sat about sharpening their weapons, fixing on more firmly the handles of their shields, adjusting arrows to bowstrings, and preparing in other ways for the coming fight. The Dragon and the Raven The air was warm and damp, and the snow soft and slushy, and the elder brother's bowstring hung loose, while the bow of the younger caught in a tree and snapped in half. The Brown Fairy Book "Well, since you're all here, I may confess that I'm the mute with the bowstring." Stalky & Co. They drew back Otto's arms behind his back and wrapped them round and round with a bowstring. Otto of the Silver Hand The bowstring he made of the finer tendons from the deer's shank. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow There was no other gate, and the highway soon became as straight as a bowstring. The Trumpet-Major "I am indeed as limp as a wetted bowstring," said he. Sir Nigel William shot so wondrous well, Till his arrows were all gone, And the fire so fast upon him fell, That his bowstring burnt in two. A Bundle of Ballads Twang! rang the bowstring, and the feathered messenger flew whistling upon its errand to the watch-tower. Otto of the Silver Hand When braced properly the bowstring was about five inches from the belly of the bow. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow Then at length, when he heard the bowstring twang to his touch, the fountains of his sorrow were unsealed; tears came like soft rains on a frozen land, and the Wanderer wept. The World's Desire The archer drew a spare bowstring from his case and had bound the prisoner as directed, when Nigel gave a sudden start and cry of alarm. Sir Nigel By way of answer the bowstring twanged, and an arrow sped home to its feathers through the throat of the speaker, so that he went down, grabbing at it, and spoke no more for ever. The Brethren He discharged his dart from the thrumming bowstring: it clove the blue air—whiz! Burlesques The sound of a bowstring is that of a sharp twang accompanied by a muffled crack. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow Oh, when thou didst stand in thy might holding those dogs at bay till the Sidonian knave cut thy bowstring——" "What of him? The World's Desire The party on the bank in front had many muskets—and those of them, who had bows, held them with arrows ready set in the bowstrings. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 From the things gathered, he made a belt from a bowstring. Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest I hated my strong, lithe arm, scored by drawing the bowstring. Chitra, a play in one act The vertical error, however, depends more on the weight of the arrow, on the feathering, the holding time, the maintainance of tension, and on the release of the bowstring. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow Suddenly the black-bearded man snapped his fingers and laughed even as my bowstring twanged; then I saw him leap backwards, screaming with pain, his shoulder transfixed by my arrow. Black Bartlemy's Treasure There were hidden people watching them, people with bows in their hands and arrows laid along the bowstrings. The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles The cry of battle rose high from either side, and the arrows flew from the bowstrings. The Iliad Her shrivelled forearm, exposed by the loose sleeve, possessed no more of muscle than several taut bowstrings stretched across meagre bone under yellow, parchment-like skin. On the Makaloa Mat This is the method of manufacturing a bowstring as devised by the late Mr. Maxson and described in American Archery. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow But now, there being ten sultans to one Sheherazade, she is held too valuable to be in fear of the bowstring. Strictly business: more stories of the four million So Thrasymedes whipped him with his bowstring till he was tired, and they did not leave off beating the beggar till he ceased howling and fell, all bleeding, and lay still. Tales of Troy: Ulysses, the sacker of cities A cloud of horse swept down on them, each man riding loose with his hand on a taut bowstring. The Path of the King Like an arrow sped from the bowstring, it had to fulfill its destiny. The Drums of Jeopardy Nock the string again and, taking a thick piece of paper, fold it into a little pad and rub the bowstring vigorously until it assumes a round, well-waxed condition. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow He hath twice or thrice cut Cupid's bowstring, and the little hangman dare not shoot at him. Much Ado about Nothing So he cried and drew the bowstring to his breast and the poisoned arrowhead to the bow, and the bowstring rang, and the arrow flew, and did but graze the hand of Paris. Tales of Troy: Ulysses, the sacker of cities As he grew older he was allowed to sit with the men in the hall, when bows were being stretched and bowstrings knotted and spear-hafts fitted. The Path of the King He is only the bearer of the bowstring. What's Wrong with the World The bracer, or arm guard, is a cuff of leather worn on the left forearm to prevent the stroke of the bowstring doing damage. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow But the bowstring will get some of 'em yet if they don't watch out. Roads of Destiny He saw him stir one leg, try to lift his head, and then stretch out, quivering like a bowstring. Creatures That Once Were Men He was within long bow-shot, and, pulling the arrow from the bowstring up to his ear, took deliberate aim and shot. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow His dark eyes and swarthy skin and Paynim features suited the costume exactly: he looked the very model of an Eastern emir, an agent or a victim of the bowstring. Jane Eyre In America our hearts have heard the low whistle of the flying arrow and the sweet hum of the bowstring singing in the book, The Witchery of Archery by Maurice Thompson. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow "No, lest on the first demonstration I make in favor of Mehemet Ali, the Sultan send me the bowstring, and make my secretaries strangle me." The Count of Monte Cristo There were also plenty of bowstrings found in the villages—and lead, which they turned to account for their slings. Anabasis While she was threatening to slay more champions, she was pierced through by an arrow from the bowstring of Thorkill, a native of Tellemark. The Danish History, Books I-IX Then he put the straight stick in a small hole in that block, wrapped the bowstring around the stick, and holding the second block in his hand put it on top of the stick. Baartock Having a blunt arrow on the bowstring, he shot across the twenty-five yards of bank, and quite unexpectedly cracked the animal on the foreleg, breaking the bone. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow There came a little tap at the unlocked door and in an instant, like the go of a taut bowstring, I was up and had it open. The New Machiavelli But he soon gets the idea and not waiting for the detonation of the gun, he accepts the hum of the bowstring and the whirr of the arrow as signals for action. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow Hastily nocking a blunt arrow on my bowstring, I let fly at sixty yards as he started to make his escape. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow We waxed our bowstrings and put the finishing touches on our arrow-heads with a file. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow |
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