close arrest

Example Sentences

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"I am directed by the general to give you the order to go at once to your quarters and remain there under close arrest."

From The Point Of Honor A Military Tale by Groesbeck, Dan Sayre

"Then it is the General's order, sir," said the chief-of-staff, "that you go at once to your quarters in close arrest."

From A Wounded Name by King, Charles

It is all over town by now; and Stanton is very much censured for placing him under close arrest.

From The Lost Despatch by Lincoln, Natalie Sumner

"Mr. Prescott, you are ordered in close arrest in your quarters until further orders."

From Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

For which piece of impudence the veteran went straightway to Sudsville in close arrest.

From An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier by Remington, Frederic