Such is thy mother, O firstling, yet strong as the maidens of old, Whose spears and whose swords were the warders of homestead, of field, and of fold.
Half-dead the warders fall to earth by world of wrack o'erborne, Pierced with their own shafts, and their breasts with hardened splinters torn.
Some days before my release Martin was going the rounds at half-past seven with one of the senior warders for the purpose of collecting the oakum and tools of the prisoners.
In fact in a big prison astringent medicines are served out regularly by thewarders as a matter of course.
It was a beautiful action on his part, and was so recognised by the child, who, utterly unconscious of the regulation of the Prison Board, told one of the senior warders how kind this junior warder had been to him.
When I did see her I was so astonished that, before I had recovered sufficiently from my astonishment to be able to speak the warders removed me from the court.
But for all that, now and again a convict makes an attempt to escape; yet, though he sometimes gets away from the warders and is free for a few hours, he is almost certain to be recaptured.
The door was wide, and the house Was full of the morning wind; At the door two armedwarders Stood silent, with faces blind.
I ran to the open door, For the wind of the world was sweet; The warders with crossing weapons Turned back my issuing feet.
Fires flamed in corners of the yard--great leaping fires round which warders (as I guessed them) gathered to dry themselves or get warmth against the chill of the early April morning.
The young cavalier we have so often mentioned had probably never yet approached so near the person of his Sovereign, and he pressed forward as far as the line of warders permitted, in order to avail himself of the present opportunity.
The prisoners take exercise by turns, and always alone, the warders being able from certain points of observation to follow their movements incessantly.
He had been able so far to elude the vigilance of the warders as to get a few letters delivered to influential personages.
But let us now see by what means we are to regain our entrance through the gate; for if, as I suspect, it was one of those warders who was willing to have played thee a trick, his companions may not let us enter willingly.
A whisper passed among the warders on the top of the gate.
When he dragged himself here one night, weary and starving, with the wardershard at his heels, what could we do?
He's been out three days now, and the warders watch every road and every station, but they've had no sight of him yet.
Now the gates chanced to be open, for the warders had opened them, if so any of the Greeks that fled might save themselves within them.
And some carried firebrands, and some scaling-ladders, and some slew the warders at the gates, and cast javelins at them who stood on the walls.
The chief cannonier had become the master porter; and the warders were now called porter's men.
These warders are principally old soldiers, who receive the position as a reward for bravery or faithful service.
The warders often saw him retire to a quiet spot and vomit all the nauseous substances he had swallowed publicly.
Conspiracies, almost unknown in common asylums, and the murder of warders or officials are very common.
Unticaro seems to have persuaded the gaoler to go with him, and the two set out, injunctions being given to the warders not to bar the gate till his return, as he should not be absent long.
After this was done Fox bade them follow him into the prison, unlocking the doors with the gaoler's keys, and slaying the warders in charge.
Although most of the warders had been killed, eight of them had taken refuge in the roof of the prison, and in order to come at them the conspirators had to place ladders against the walls.
Leaving the body, the men went down to the place where the sixwarders were waiting.
The conspirators, who were unable to effect the murder of some of the warders as contemplated, were completely overpowered.
Two warders now appeared at his call, and he ordered me to put on my clothes.
Two warders with crape bands round their hats walked on either side of the chaise.
He arose, and was then assisted by two of the warders in the last preparations for his doom, taking off his coat and waistcoat, and substituting for his wig a white cap.
The warders on duty occupy raised seats at each end of the train, and have the convicts under supervision continually.
The duties of the constables were analogous to those of warders in permanent prisons at home.
The supervision was lax and ineffective; the few warders were most active in misappropriating rations.
Later a small proportion of warders embarked in each.
A deep laid conspiracy was afoot to rise while at work in a distant quarry, to overmaster warders and military guards and march straight on board the admiralty brig employed to remove the heavily laden lighters from the quarry.
The keeper agreed to go with him, asking the warders not to bar the gate, saying that he would not stay long, but would come again with all speed.
But in an instant the warders had closed about Sunlocks, and hurried him on in the midst of them, while their loud shouts drowned all other voices.
And seeing how well they worked by this double power of human kindness, the warders laughed again, and made a mock at Sunlocks for his former cry of weakness.
The Captain smiled upon his warders and said, "It didn't look like it, madam.
And while their warders dozed in the heat of the noonday sun, they wiped their brows and rested.
Then the warders hurried up, laid hold of both men, and hustled them away with a brave show of strength and courage to the office of the Captain.
The warders dropped their muskets and fled before him like affrighted sheep.
But the warders raised their hands to warn the old man off, and Jason went on between them, without ever lifting his eyes or making sign or signal.
In with you," shouted thewarders from their own safe footing of four yards away.
It was Michael Sunlocks riding between two of the Danish warders as their prisoner, silent, fettered and bound.
The warders took Jason at his word, and sent a message to the office saying that one of their prisoners was mutinous, and the other pretending to be ill.
The last squad of warders saluted, and the scientists trooped onto the Field of Proof.
The warders had formed their squads on the flat roofs, and they were happily juggling their polished weapons; more effective for their sparkle and clang, wiseacres said, than for repelling the Bowmen.
In fact, in a big prison astringent medicines are served out regularly by the warders as a matter of course.
Don Diego de Ordenez Sallied forth in front of all, And shouted loud his challenge To the warders on the wall.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "warders" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
