Loose the
cords from the Christian's neck," he commanded, turning to the executioner, "and hang this man in his place, seeing that by his own confession he is the murderer.
This was not lost upon the boy, who, before he curled himself down to sleep, securely tied to a tree the end of the
cord that was about Jerry's neck.
The farther he advanced in the labyrinth the more curious he became, till he was stopped by two corpses lying in the midst of a cypress alley, each with a scarlet
cord round his neck and a bracelet on his arm on which were engraved their own names, and those of two Princesses.
Occasionally, they sink a
cord in the river by a heavy weight, with a buoy at the upper end, to keep floating.
Don't be in a hurry," said
Cord to Vronsky, "and remember one thing: don't hold her in at the fences, and don't urge her on; let her go as she likes.
Instantly the old man slipped the running noose over one of the lad's wrists, took a couple of half hitches about his other wrist, and knotted the
cord.
It is but the eye to the
cord, the
cord to the shaft, and the shaft to the mark.
But even as they looked, the
cord broke, and the great kite fell headlong in a series of sweeping dives.
He is seated on a chest, with a piece of
cord in his hand, looking out idly at the sea.
Don Quixote had got so far with his song, to which the duke, the duchess, Altisidora, and nearly the whole household of the castle were listening, when all of a sudden from a gallery above that was exactly over his window they let down a
cord with more than a hundred bells attached to it, and immediately after that discharged a great sack full of cats, which also had bells of smaller size tied to their tails.
This was not, however, a rope ladder, but a ball of silk
cord, with a narrow board which was to pass between the legs, the ball to unwind itself by the weight of the person who sat astride upon the board.
Presently I recalled the
cord that had been attached to the parcel when it fell at my side, and after a little groping my hand came in contact with it again.
