"Stand guard" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... pecking at the mountain-ash berries; Francaise and Lyd and Peg all sat down as well as they could near the squirrel and the rabbit; Jumping Jack mounted the horse and rode around beside the tree, to stand guard; Spot stood up on his hind-legs just in front of the stool, with Scrubby's letter in his mouth, and the chicken hopped ...
— St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 • Various
... and elms and apple-trees. The maples and elms are of the fields and roadsides. The apple-trees are of human habitations and human labor; they cluster about the buildings, or stand guard at a gate; they are in plantations made by hands. As I see them again, I wonder whether any other plant ...
— The Apple-Tree - The Open Country Books--No. 1 • L. H. Bailey
... aft, Stebbins, and stand guard over him with your cutlass," commanded Jack. "If he tries to run or give warning to his companions, cut him down. Smith, take this musket and keep a sharp eye on me. The officer is in the cabin, and I don't think the old man means to let him ...
— Marcy The Blockade Runner • Harry Castlemon
... Don't be a fool. Rouse these people. There's been one crime already committed, and there may be another. There's no one else in the house. Get the three men over here at once to me. I'll stand guard over this thief." Then as Janet Fairbarn fled away shrieking and yelling, Harry Hardwicke locked the recovered package in his own trunk, which stood in his room. Bounding across the hall, he then dragged his captive ...
— A Fascinating Traitor • Richard Henry Savage
... git ther cow outer ther well, we tells Fleshy ter stand guard at the door, an' when ther cow charges, ter let us in, then slam ther door in ther cow's face. ...
— Ted Strong in Montana - With Lariat and Spur • Edward C. Taylor
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