upon one's guard
Example Sentences
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Is it possible, under such circumstances, always to be upon one's guard?
From The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
If one don't mind what one's about, one is blown up in a moment; and to be always upon one's guard, is worse than ruin itself.
From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
To stand upon one’s guard against Death exasperates her malice and protracts our sufferings.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Walter Savage Landor
But when one is specially invited to be candid, one is naturally set upon one's guard.
From Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope
Topt, to go out sharp, to be upon one’s guard.
