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  • The watchman, in the meantime, holding his duty as merely nominal, gave himself as little trouble as possible; and believing all things quiet, had, after a little while, insinuated himself into the good graces of as attractive a slumber as may usually be won in the warm summer season in the south, by one to whom a nightwatch is a peculiarly ungracious exercise.

    Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia William Gilmore Simms 1838

  • i think stone just returned to form. i can very much feel his style throughout. and what else can be said about brolin - the guys on fire. i still remember diggin him from that 'nightwatch' film with ewen macgregor, about 8 years ago.

    Extended W. Movie Trailer | /Film 2008

  • "nightwatch" (as when the muscles contracted the victim could not fall asleep).

    NASIOC 2010

  • When I logged in at 10 pm for nightwatch, the foal was normal and her dam was comfortable.

    Liz O'Connell: You Can Bet on Little Larky Liz O'Connell 2010

  • When I logged in at 10 pm for nightwatch, the foal was normal and her dam was comfortable.

    Liz O'Connell: You Can Bet on Little Larky Liz O 2010

  • When I logged in at 10 pm for nightwatch, the foal was normal and her dam was comfortable.

    Liz O'Connell: You Can Bet on Little Larky Liz O'Connell 2010

  • However, I really hope that the director i believe he was responsible for day/nightwatch moves on to something else, i love his work.

    Mark Millar Thinks Wanted 2 Can Still Happen Without Jolie « FirstShowing.net 2010

  • … It whispers in the wind of the veldt, it hums in the music of the tropical night … above all it is there to the man who holds the nightwatch alone at sea.

    True Spirit Jessica Watson 2010

  • And, as I reported during the nightwatch, la Maitlis allowed the intellectually challenged Polly Toynbee to conjoin fascists, 'gypsy haters and climate change deniers' without so much as a raised eyebrow.

    Bias Never Pays in the end 2009

  • And, as I reported during the nightwatch, la Maitlis allowed the intellectually challenged Polly Toynbee to conjoin fascists, 'gypsy haters and climate change deniers' without so much as a raised eyebrow.

    Bias Never Pays in the end 2009

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