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

Redcoats, nightwatch, sailors and populace joined in the pursuit, pressing the young patriot sorely.

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

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

She learned the true method of atonement in the stillness of that nightwatch.

From The Old Homestead by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

"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