Lexicographical Neighbors of Outnight
Literary usage of Outnight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1916)
"23. outnight, like " outface " in iv. 2. 17. 28. Stephana: to be pronounced here
with the a long. In The Tempest it is pronounced correctly, ..."
2. The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald, Elizabeth Inchbald (1808)
"I would outnight you, did nobody come; But, hark, I hear the footing of a man.
Enter BALTHAZAR. Lor. Who comes so fast in silence of the night? Bal. ..."
3. The Chautauquan by Chautauqua Institution (1906)
"... supplement the magnificent poetry of the fifth act of the "Merchant of Venice"
where Lorenzo and Jessica in the moonlight attempt each to "outnight" the ..."
4. The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at the edited by Inchbald (1824)
"I would outnight you, did nobody come; But, hark, I hear the footing of a man.
Enter BALTHAZAR. Lor. Who comes so fast in silence of the night ? Bal. ..."
5. Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical & Critical. Printed by Thomas Dolby, George Damiel, D. G., G. D., John Cumberland (1826)
"I would outnight you, did nobody come ; But, hark, I hear the footing of a man.
Lor. And in such a night, Did pretty Jessica, like a little shrew, ..."
6. Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical by John Cumberland (1826)
"I would outnight you, did nobody come; But, hark, I hear the footing of a man.
Enter BALTHAZAR, L. Lor. Who comes so fast in silence of the night ? Sal. ..."
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