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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
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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.
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"nightwatch" (as when the muscles contracted the victim could not fall asleep).
NASIOC 2010
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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
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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
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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
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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
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… 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
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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.
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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.
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