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• The guards led Damon to the place of crucifixion, where he again asserted his faith in his friend, adding, however, that he sincerely hoped Pythias would come too late, so that he might die in his stead Just as the guards were about to nail Damon to the cross, Pythias dashed up, pale, bloodstained, and disheveled, and flung his arms around his friend's neck with a sob of relief. —  The Story of the Greeks
• How to kill it without attracting the attention of the other guards was a question of importance, because the report of a rifle and the proverbial squeal of a hog would be sure to bring down upon us the guard. —  History of Kershaw's Brigade
• He would have gone in if he had known the guards were there on the lookout for him, for his case was now desperate. —  Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875
• Of course the doctor had not said anything of the kind, but he bluffed it out One morning when the guards were at their difficult task of making up a working party, they reported that they were twenty-five men short. —  Three Times and Out
• Since the garrisons and the guards were a fixed number, the reduction fell wholly upon the movable column, and reduced "the number disposable for an advance to 76,285." —  Abraham Lincoln, Volume I

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