"Safekeeping" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... state-criminal, Bertram had been committed to the safekeeping of Walladmor Castle as the only place in the county strong enough to resist the attempts for his deliverance which were anticipated from the numerous smugglers on the coast.—As regarded his personal comfort however, and putting ...
— Walladmor: - And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. - In Two Volumes. Vol. II. • Thomas De Quincey
... sentence to be carried out at daybreak. In any case, as he was an officer, some time might be granted to him to prepare for death. Then there was the question whether he would be handed over to a white regiment for safekeeping or left in the hands of the black regiment that had captured him. No doubt after the sentence was passed the white officers of that regiment would see that a much stricter watch than that now put over him ...
— With Lee in Virginia - A Story of the American Civil War • G. A. Henty
... in safekeeping within the taxing State, but made and payable and secured by property in a second State and owned by a ...
— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin
... and exposed the same to view in the Forum. These statutes being found pleasing to all were put before the people, and after receiving their ratification were inscribed on ten tablets; for all records that were deemed worthy of safekeeping used to be ...
— Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) • Cassius Dio
... without something terrible. No; don't be frightened. Remember there is safekeeping for that sweet little fellow, ...
— Nuttie's Father • Charlotte M. Yonge
... departure I saw them approaching along one of the great avenues which lead into the plaza from the east. I advanced to meet them, and telling Sola that I would take the responsibility for Dejah Thoris' safekeeping, I directed her to return to her quarters on some trivial errand. I liked and trusted Sola, but for some reason I desired to be alone with Dejah Thoris, who represented to me all that I had left behind upon Earth in agreeable and congenial companionship. There seemed bonds of mutual interest ...
— A Princess of Mars • Edgar Rice Burroughs
... Tessie at the boat Monday morning at ten o'clock. Mama wasn't very well, so I went down alone on the car with my suitcase. We'd bought our tickets Saturday, and for fear of accidents Tessie gave me mine for safekeeping. ...
— Fifteen Years With The Outcast • Mrs. Florence (Mother) Roberts |
