"Keep off" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... but with the little fellow faithfully attending him. The Englishman was carried to Sydney, and left in the hospital there; but Umao begged not to be sent home, for he said his parents cruelly ill-used him and his brothers, and set them to watch the fire all night to keep off evil spirits; so, when New Zealand became too cold for him, he was sent to winter at the London Society's station in Anaiteum. His sweet friendly nature expanded under Christian training, but his ...
— Life of John Coleridge Patteson • Charlotte M. Yonge
... accurate if it is to be of any great use. If shrapnel shells burst well, some thirty yards in front of the enemy, the force of the bullets released by the explosion is terrific; if, on the other hand, the shells burst high up in the air, 150 yards in front, you might almost keep off the bullets with an umbrella; and one sometimes hears of these missiles being actually found in the pockets of combatants. At Omdurman our shells played tremendous havoc with the dense masses of the enemy; but here the ...
— With Methuen's Column on an Ambulance Train • Ernest N. Bennett
... Nina. Keep off, you wretch! What did you say just now? "I've loved you long, and ne'er have said so ...
— Olla Podrida • Frederick Marryat
... this awful sight, knelt down by his side and tried to quiet him, but in vain. He continued beating his hands in the air, trying to keep off the ghostly train, till, at last, with one awful ...
— Mr. Meeson's Will • H. Rider Haggard
... a dog for my daughter, sir, to keep off a worthless, good-for-nothing dude who comes pestering around here after her because he knows that her father has a lot of money, and thinks that if he marries his daughter he ...
— Writing for Vaudeville • Brett Page
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