Word: guard
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...idea what on earth this means; and people certainly will not go to hear a lecture unless they know that it is to be given. If the fact that a lecture was to be given was not kept quite so dark, there might be more than a corporal's guard of listeners...
...Rifle Corps was there to guard...
...recent discovery of a student who had been taking his meals for a week at the Hall at the expense of the Association shows, however, that there are some among us who will stoop to acts of meanness; and we can only warn all to be on their guard, and to make every effort to discover the offenders...
...guard with jealous care thy country's fame...
...this very moment the Bell gave one loud peal, and fell prostrate before me. There, in our very midst, standing with implacable look, was the dreaded Jones himself. The soldier on guard had failed to warn us of his approach, and all was lost. Confusion reigned; the Gargoyles started on a run for Memorial, the Pumps stood helplessly trembling and shedding tears, the Bulletin Board nimbly crawled under the benches, and the Bell, half strangled by the grip of Jones, filled the air with the most shocking profanity. Terror-stricken, I took to my heels, and never stopped until safe...