He had a hard matter to keep awake, the murmur of the water, as it passed by, tending much to lull him to sleep.
Desmond managed to keep awake, and amused himself by listening to Pat Casey's yarns, which were so extraordinary that Desmond fancied he must be drawing upon his imagination, though he did not think fit to say so.
The deck having too great an inclination to afford a good walk, Tom managed to keep awake by holding on to the weather bulwarks, and moving backwards and forwards, constantly looking to windward for any change of weather.
His proposals were gladly accepted, and in a moment the whole of the garrison sank down as if they were dead, and Virgilius himself had much ado to keep awake.
It was some time before he caught sight of any monkeys, and he often grew tired with watching for them, so that one hot day he fell fast asleep, in spite of all his efforts to keep awake.
He tried hard to keep awake, but it was of no use, and in the morning there he was again on the log, grasping the halter.
It came to my lot, so Desmond lay down, and I sat by his side, trying hard to keep awake, and I must confess that it was about the most difficult job I ever had in my life.
For the rest of the watch he lay down, trying, however, to keep awake, and be ready to start up at a moment's notice.
This raised my spirits, and I was able to keep awake, thinking of the best way to trap them.
After all I had failed to keep awake, and my sleep, since it was growing light, must have lasted at least an hour.
Shorthouse continued steadily talking, and I jogged him now and again with remarks or questions in order to keep awake.
So you may," he added very earnestly; "but I rely on you to keep awake, if only to watch.
Sam Grote, sir; but, poor lad, he can't keep awake.
Greater reason still why Mark could not sit in judgment upon his man; he himself had been utterly unable to keep awake.
It was a difficult task for the sentinel to keep awake; but I believe he was faithful this time in the discharge of his important duty.
While he sat by the tiller, dreaming of the future, and struggling to keep awake, he discovered a sail far to the southward of him.
After charging Cyd to keep awake, assuring him that "eternal vigilance was the price of liberty," Dan went into the cabin to obtain the rest he so much needed.
Quin was tired and sleepy, as well as his companions; but it was a matter of conscience with him to keep awake.
He pinched his legs to keep awake; stretched out his arms; covered his mouth with one hand to stifle his yawns.
We had agreed to keep watch and watch, but it was of no use trying to keep awake, so we both lay down in the bottom of the boat and went fast asleep.
I'll try to keep awake to-night, because Marcelline says the figures on the walls are so pretty when it's moonlight.
I am sure you will go to sleep too, if you try to keep awake.
There's nothing makes people go to sleep so fast as trying to keep awake.
Ragnhild thinks that somebody ought to keep awake for a bit," I said.
Ragnhild came to me and begged me to keep awake again; there was dreadful trouble up at the house.
After a while Ragnhild came up, and begged me to keep awake and be ready to help in case of need.
They can't keep awake twenty-four hours out of the twenty-four.
It was physically impossible for me to keep awake any longer, and, as it turned out, it was physically impossible for any of us to keep awake.
I set their hateful music to a tune of "Keep awake!
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