"Keep guard" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Corps begins to realize its need of discipline. First of all, our chauffeurs have disappeared and can nowhere be found. The motor ambulances languish in inactivity on Cockerill's Wharf. We find one chauffeur and set him to keep guard over a tin of petrol. We know the ambulances can't start till heaven knows when, and so, first Mrs. Lambert, our emergency nurse, then, I regret to say, our Secretary and Reporter make off and sneak into the ...
— A Journal of Impressions in Belgium • May Sinclair
... pairs, and are sometimes assisted by younger beavers; thus the family works together in cutting and felling the trees, but in other forms of labour it seems that several families work together. If only two are engaged in felling a tree, they work by turns, and alternately keep guard; this is a well-known practice of many animals both in work and play. As soon as the tree begins to bend and crack, they cease cutting and make sure of their definite direction of escape, then they continue to gnaw until it begins ...
— The Human Side of Animals • Royal Dixon
... those eyes and ears shall still keep guard And spial on thee, as they've ever done, And thou ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VIII (4th edition) • Various
... asserting her independence, that made her about this time write as follows: "Mrs. —— watches me very narrowly when surrounded by strangers. She never takes her eye from me. I like the surveillance; it seems to keep guard over me." ...
— The Life of Charlotte Bronte • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
... into carriages, and hurried off into the country, where they remained till the excitement died away. It did not, however, subside readily; indeed, the danger of open revolt was so great for several days, that the military continued to keep guard at the jail. ...
— The Great Riots of New York 1712 to 1873 • J.T. Headley
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