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1  But the enemy were quick to gain the protection of the wandering line of fence.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22
2  Furthermore, he was much afraid that some arrow of scorn might lay him mentally low before he could raise his protecting tale.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11
3  He thought he must hasten to produce his tale to protect him from the missiles already on the lips of his redoubtable comrades.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 13
4  He strode to and fro with dark dignity in the rear of his men, who were lying down behind whatever protection they had collected.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 16
5  The latter with calm faith began a heavy explanation, although he had been compelled to leave a little protection of stones and dirt to which he had devoted much care and skill.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3
6  He did not see anything excepting the mist of smoke gashed by the little knives of fire, but he knew that in it lay the aged fence of a vanished farmer protecting the snuggled bodies of the gray men.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 23
7  And he had not raised his voice when he had been ordered away from three little protective piles of earth and stone, each of which had been an engineering feat worthy of being made sacred to the name of his grandmother.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3