Shall the Union be constituted the guardian of the common safety? Are fleets and armies and revenues necessary to this purpose?
Who is likely to make suitable provisions for the public defense, as that body to which the guardianship of the public safety is confided; which, as the centre of information, will best understand the extent and urgency of the dangers that threaten; as the representative of the WHOLE, will feel itself most deeply interested in the preservation of every part; which, from the responsibility implied in the duty assigned to it, will be most sensibly impressed with the necessity of proper exertions; and which, by the extension of its authority throughout the States, can alone establish uniformity and concert in the plans and measures by which the common safety is to be secured?
It was with a deep sigh of relief that I saw him gain a higher branch in safety.
Realizing that I could outdistance the clumsy brute in the open, I dropped from my leafy sanctuary intent only on distracting the thing's attention from Perry long enough to enable the old man to gain the safety of a larger tree.
``I have found thee,'' said he to Rebecca; ``thou shalt prove I will keep my word to share weal and woe with thee There is but one path to safety, I have cut my way through fifty dangers to point it to thee up, and instantly follow me!''*
``Savage warrior,'' said Rebecca, ``rather will I perish in the flames than accept safety from thee!''
Grown careless from months of continued
safety, during which time he had seen no dangerous animals during the daylight hours, he had left his rifles and revolvers all within the little cabin, and now that he saw the great ape crashing through the underbrush directly toward him, and from a direction which practically cut him off from escape, he felt a vague little shiver play up and down his spine.
The giant paused, with his hammer held motionless in the air, thus allowing the entire party to pass between his cast-iron legs in
safety.
Here little Meriem slept in comparative warmth and
safety, while The Killer and the ape perched upon near-by branches, the former always before the entrance to the lofty domicile, where he best could guard its inmate from the dangers of arboreal enemies.
In presence of this new and imminent danger, what would become of our chances of
safety, and how hinder the solidification of this liquid medium, that would burst the partitions of the Nautilus like glass?
The
safety razor was a great achievement for Saxon.
Tarzan leaped from his perch, screaming at the flying bulls beneath and at those who squatted in the
safety of surrounding trees.
If a woman may ever be said to be in
safety from the determined Perseverance of disagreeable Lovers and the cruel Persecutions of obstinate Fathers, surely it must be at such a time of Life.
The Ant climbed onto it and floated in
safety to the bank.
