"Keep guard" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... with a large allowance of food and liquor, the justice dismissed his party to keep guard for the night in the old castle, under the full hope and belief that they would neither spend the night ...
— Guy Mannering • Sir Walter Scott
... it in this way: I will give you the half of my kingdom, and soldiers to keep guard over your wealth; and you give me money to feed the soldiers in my half ...
— The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories • Leo Tolstoy
... dismissed the party to keep guard for the night in the old castle with a large allowance of food and liquor, with the full hope and belief that they would spend the night neither in watching nor prayer. Next morning great was the alarm when the escape of the prisoner was discovered. When the officers had been sent off in all ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol VII • Various
... 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 Cathedral. We are only ten minutes, but still we are ...
— A Journal of Impressions in Belgium • May Sinclair
... to a certain quantity," replied Coates, "or you will not be fit to keep guard—another glass must be the extent ...
— Rookwood • William Harrison Ainsworth
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