"Rope down" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... I cried, rolling over in the narrow crevasse, and wondering dazedly how far I had fallen through the snow. A muffled voice came from above: We'll have a rope down to you in a minute. Tie that bottle of brandy on the end of it, I suggested, and it'll come faster. [The student will here insert a sentence of his ...
— The Century Handbook of Writing • Garland Greever
... afraid I shall not be able to get that rope down, sir," said Phil politely to the farmer. "I am sorry. I had not figured on that before. If you will be good enough to tell me how much the rope is worth I shall be glad to pay you for it. I can cut it off up near the little door there, so it will not look quite so ...
— The Circus Boys on the Plains • Edgar B. P. Darlington
... his end of it fast to the two ends of the black bundles, and backing out as far as he could, he let them both down gently into the water, and pulled away, leaving the Children of the King alone on the ledge. He had managed to bring the rope down through the cleft, so that it could not easily be seen from the sea. The boys waited some time before either of them spoke, although ...
— The Children of the King • F. Marion Crawford
... your way so you couldn't throw your rope down on the pink-eyed one and trip him. I'll ...
— The Pony Rider Boys in Montana • Frank Gee Patchin
... on with my story, and keep right by that horse's head I spoke of, I will pass over Josiah's excitement when he come in jest before dinner, and throwed his rope down in the corner of the kitchen; but suffice it to say, ...
— Samantha at the World's Fair • Marietta Holley |
