Several pieces of lead were securely fastened to screws which passed through the bottom of the machine; as well as a thick plank.

As she entered the room, I saw her gaze fasten on the props that supported the study door; her lips tightened, and I thought she paled, slightly; but that was all.

You will find in this book," he added, presenting me with a small volume, bound in green parchment, and fastened with silver clasps, "a minute detail of the apparatus to be provided, and the directions to be pursued in making this wonderful voyage.

The pieces of lunarium were fastened in like manner to screws, which passed through the top of the machine; so that by turning them in one direction, those metallic pieces would fly into the air with the velocity of a rocket.

Several similar vesselsdoubtless owned and operated by planters residing along the shore of the Baywere anchored in the basin, or fastened at the dock, but the Adele had been warped in against the bank, which at this point was high enough to enable us easily to step aboard over the low rail.

When the passages were narrow the boys and girls had a girdle fastened round their waists, a chain was fixed to this, and passed between their legs and hooked to the carriage.

So they came at last to the spot, and here nooses were fastened around the necks of the three, and the ends of the cords flung over the branch of a great oak tree that stood there.

I jerked suddenly, and two of the hooks fastened into him near the tail.

A life preserver was fastened under his arms.

So often he goes tearing madly on; and sometimes lives are lost all on account of a little bit of leather fastened over a beautiful eye that ought to look out full and free at the world.

But she paid no heed, busied in fastening about her the nun's long cloak that veiled her down from head to foot.

And clanking up this wooden hill was an endless chain, with strips of wood fastened across it.

The hawk, when he seizes the hare with one claw, catches hold of any tuft of grass or irregularity of the ground with the other; a strong leather strap is also fastened from one leg to the other, to prevent them from being pulled open or strained.

Nothing remains to be done: the little door is fastened behind me, the prickly acacia boughs are piled up against it on the outside, and my people are anxious to be off.

It was an aged monk who spoke, From a bench of oak Fastened against the wall; He was the oldest monk of all.

And then, keeping his gaze fastened above him, he saw the outline of the crests grow more and more distinct.

Her long, sharp teeth were fastened between his ribs, and his efforts served but to enrage her the more.

As this idea rushed upon the mind of Spinello, the wind, moaning through the aisles, and multiplied by the echoes, sounded like the voices of wailing and desolation, which, the imagination may suppose, mingled in dismal concert when the spirits fell from heaven; and the artist, overpowered by the crowd of horrors which fastened like hungry vultures upon his fancy, sprang from the altar, and, stumbling in his haste, extinguished his torch.

In an instant down went the lid of the chest, and, fastening by a spring, it was again locked as securely as before.

Several light carriages, such as were suitable to a mountainous country, were passing to and fro in the streets; and, here and there, a single- horse vehicle was fastened before the door of a shop, or a lawyer's office, denoting the presence of some customer, or client, from among the adjacent hills.

A large red blanket covered his left shoulder, fastened beneath his right arm in such a manner as to leave the arm free and unobstructed, and then hung loosely behind him, almost touching the ground as he sat upon his horse.

When I went to the library to see if the windows were fastened for the night, Miss Elizabeth sat by the smouldering fire with her face buried in her hands.

Only the stamping of the horses was to be heard fastened near by, in the thick shade of the old lime-trees.

A little further down she came upon a filmy white dress and a veil fastened onto a wreath.

"Why," asked Peter, when the multitude were filled with wonder and amazement at the healing of the lame man, "Why fasten ye your eyes on us as though by our own power or godliness we had made him to walk?"