Arrows

Examples

• The singing arrows that destroyed the army of Crassus came, it would seem, originally from the Altai and the Tian Shan. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He could kill him at his leisure later, when the bow and deadly arrows were laid aside. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Under the clear rays of the Arizona moon lay Powell, his body fairly bristling with the hostile arrows of the braves. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Tarzan would have liked to subdue the ugly beast without recourse to knife or arrows. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The arrows indicate the direction of flow. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• His quiver is not seen; if his arrows penetrate, their wound is like a thrill of new life. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They fight with bows and arrows and a short spear: they go into battle wearing trousers and having caps on their heads. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A musket is a more expensive machine than a javelin or a bow and arrows; a cannon or a mortar, than a balista or a catapulta. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The next day Tarzan was practicing with his bow and arrows at the first gleam of dawn. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• At his back was a quiver of arrows slung from a leathern shoulder belt, another piece of loot from some vanquished black. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• But, _I_ mistaken on a point that has caused me more smart in my breast than a flight of savages' arrows could have done! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Twice had he entered huts at night while the inmates lay sleeping upon their mats, and stolen the arrows from the very sides of the warriors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Choosing a moment when none seemed near, Tarzan hastened to his bundle of arrows beneath the great tree at the end of the village street. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Nothing but the cloud of arrows flying so thick as to dazzle mine eyes, and to hide the bowmen who shoot them. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The arrows indicate the flow of current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The arrows were quite as important, and their making became a great industry with every race. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• When Kulonga awoke he found that his bow and arrows had disappeared. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The English had a six-foot long bow made of yew or ash, in a single straight piece, that shot arrows the length of a man’s arm. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Arrows and bullets flew thick and fast. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He determined to own one of these long, pointed sticks, but he could not take one on this trip because of the arrows he meant to carry. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• His spear he had hurled at Kala and had not recovered; and, now that his bow and arrows were gone, he was defenseless except for a single knife. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Here self-defence was impossible, and individual drops stuck into her like the arrows into Saint Sebastian. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Twice more he saw him hurl his arrows of destruction--once at Dango, the hyena, and again at Manu, the monkey. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• My homage to Miss Wickfield, is a flight of arrows in my bosom. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Even in the shallow Marshalsea, the ever young Archer shot off a few featherless arrows now and then from a mouldy bow, and winged a Collegian or two. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Love is no mischievous urchin, who plays with his arrows; no, he is a great and terrible divinity, who comes to every mortal but once in life. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Beware, cried the man, God hears you, and will smite your stony heart in his wrath; his poisoned arrows fly, his dogs of death are unleashed! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The two are illustrated, diagrammatically, side by side, the arrows indicating flow of current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• When Terkoz saw Tarzan approaching without his arrows, he continued to belabor the poor woman in a studied effort to affront his hated chieftain. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• In a tribe of hunters or shepherds, a particular person makes bows and arrows, for example, with more readiness and dexterity than any other. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

Edited by Elena