Guards

Examples

• Two walked close on either side of Thuvia, as guards might walk. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I begin to think I must be a swell in the Guards without knowing it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I only need to pass these guards and I can do it, he said at last. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Rear guards were not necessary for him, and having always a railroad at his back, large wagon trains were not required. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Ten of us can take the throne, for I had seen that Issus' guards had for the most part entered the fray within the arena. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I gave him all the assistants and guards he called for. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Westward rode the scouts and advanced guards. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I had been looking at the road that skirted the shore for guards but did not see any. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• General Daguilet had kept him waiting at the Horse Guards. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• In the queen's cell were two National Guards. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• These too were carried before halting, and before the enemy had time to reinforce their advance guards. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• At the Children's Hospital, the gallant steed, the Noah's ark, yellow bird, and the officer in the Guards, were made as welcome as their child-owner. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was the man in the Guards who had been on duty over Johnny's bed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Attempts were made to send up additional European guards to the Peking legations, but this only precipitated matters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Somewhere about this time John Mills of the Guards insisted on falling in love with me, merely to prove himself a fashionable man. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Oh, I have heard--Coldstream Guards. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Gomez said to one of the guards. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• All the army goes--guards and all. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• We were having a merry time of it, we two, when a great body of Issus' own guards were ordered into the arena. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The mother spider, however, like many other animals, takes excellent charge of her children, and guards them carefully from all harm. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The great apes, towering in all their fifteen feet of height, had gone down before my sword while the charging guards were still some distance away. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• And as for Crawley, of the Life Guards, hang it, he's a fine fellow: and I like him for marrying the girl he had chosen. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I noted the marvellous speed of the young red man as he raced after the guards. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Volley after volley they vomited upon the temple guards; volley on volley crashed through the thin air toward the fleeting and illusive fliers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• There we found several other guards, and with them the red Martian youth who occupied another cell upon Shador. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• We were now in a quandary as to how to pass the guards who patrolled the island about the pool. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Dejah Thoris, after a few words, turned and left the apartment, still followed by her guards. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Bar fell into discussion with Horse Guards concerning courts-martial. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• See how that steepness guards thy flank? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• This time it was to confirm our worst fears--half the guards at the gate that night had been therns disguised as red men. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.

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