"Rope" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... answered Fitzgerald, warming. "I know a stanchion from an anchor and a rope from a smoke-stack. But as for travel, I believe that I have crossed all the high and ...
— A Splendid Hazard • Harold MacGrath
... of assahy were too heavy for our purpose, and we had the additional trouble of splitting each piece into four. It was most trying work in our worn-out condition. Then we had to go into the forest and collect some small liane, so that we could tie the pieces together, as we had no nails and no rope. ...
— Across Unknown South America • Arnold Henry Savage Landor
... purple flower that covered large expanses of wall. All trees were in full leaf, but they would be mostly evergreen. Worthy looking padres in their shovel hats were plentiful, also monks in dark brown cloaks, rope girdles and sandal shoon, and usually bareheaded, although a few wore a tiny cap, little bigger than the top of an egg, which it resembled ...
— The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" • George Davidson
... Windsor; and going to see a cold Bath, Miss P. expressed a great wish to bathe this hot weather. The D. of C. very imprudently pushed her in, and the Dut. of C. having the presence of mind to throw out the Rope saved her when in such a disagreeable State from fear and surprise as to be near sinking. Mrs. F. went into convulsion Fits, and the Dut. fainted away, and the scene proved ridiculous in the extreme, as Report says the Duke called out to Miss P. that he was instantly coming to her in the water, ...
— Collections and Recollections • George William Erskine Russell
... processing, tourism, shipping, boat building, coconut processing, garments, woven mats, rope, handicrafts, coral ...
— The 2004 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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