Lexicographical Neighbors of Midwatches
Literary usage of Midwatches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent by Washington Irving (1839)
"Even the sound of the waits, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the
midwatches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony. ..."
2. Old Christmas by Washington Irving (1916)
"Even the sound of the Waits, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the
midwatches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony. ..."
3. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1855)
"Henceforth it is a thought for the wakeful midwatches of the night, or a household
word for the melancholy dusk. Behold, how we loved her. ..."
4. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent by Washington Irving (1821)
"Even the sound of the Waits, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the
midwatches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony. ..."
5. The First Class Reader: a Selection for Exercises in Reading: From Standard by Benjamin Dudley Emerson (1838)
"Even the sound of the waits, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the
midwatches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony. ..."
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