nightwatch

Example Sentences

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In a more innocent state of society such as that which exists in the north, such a thing as a nightwatch is undreamed of.

From The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest by Footner, Hulbert

The nightwatch must have been somewhere about on patrol, probably only a few hundred feet away, on the other side of the ship.

From Grove of the Unborn by Venable, Lyn

The nightwatch lost his lantern in the scuffle, and there was great confusion and hubbub.

From The Liberty Boys Running the Blockade or, Getting Out of New York by Moore, Harry

"Ten o'clock of a sultry night and all's well!" drawled the nightwatch, recovering his lantern and lighting it.

From The Liberty Boys Running the Blockade or, Getting Out of New York by Moore, Harry

"Pooh! as usual, you gentlemen of the nightwatch are badly informed," grumbled the ostler, pushing the dog into a corner.

From The Son of Clemenceau by Dumas fils, Alexandre