1 She was vexed to see that, in spite of so many years of vigilance, she had blundered twice within five minutes.
2 But all the while another self was sharpening her to vigilance, whispering the terrified warning that every word and gesture must be measured.
3 Finery laid off is as unappetizing as the remains of a feast, and it occurred to Lily that, at home, her maid's vigilance had always spared her the sight of such incongruities.
4 This vigilance was not long without reward.
5 This improvement upon the original usage was introduced by no less a man than Stubb, in order to afford the imperilled harpooneer the strongest possible guarantee for the faithfulness and vigilance of his monkey-rope holder.
6 He ate and drank with an appetite that no sense of danger could disturb, but his vigilance seemed never to desert him.
7 But his aim was interrupted by the vigilance of his enemies, whose rifles instantaneously bore on any part of his person that was left exposed.
8 There were now a few minutes of fearful stillness, during which Heyward well knew that the savages conducted their search with greater vigilance and method.
9 But the vigilance of the Indians rendered this act of precaution both difficult and dangerous.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 10 10 The young man willingly believed that the Huron deliberated on the most eligible manner of eluding the vigilance of his associates.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 11 11 It is a poor compliment to the vigilance of us soldiers, monsieur, that, do what we will, we never can conceal our numbers.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 15 12 It appeared to him as though the foresters had some secret means of intelligence, which had escaped the vigilance of his own faculties.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 19 13 But the enemy who, by any lucky concurrence of accidents, has found means to elude the vigilance of the scouts, will seldom meet with sentinels nearer home to sound the alarm.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 23 14 I was relieved from it by the humane hand of Mr. David Ruggles, whose vigilance, kindness, and perseverance, I shall never forget.
15 It was not within the power of vigilance.