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After cursing the wiles of the little old hag, I covered my head and commenced to run through the middle of the night-house to the exit opposite, when, lo and behold! whom should I meet on the very threshold but Ascyltos himself, as tired as I was, and almost dead; you would have thought that he had been brought by the self-same little old hag!

Satyricon 2007

When you have gone a couple of miles, make a circumbendibus back again to the night-house frequented by your set, and relate the adventure, with the same voice and countenance as a broker quotes the price of stocks; then order a cool bottle of claret with the air of a man who has done a meritorious action!

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Various

After cursing the wiles of the little old hag, I covered my head and commenced to run through the middle of the night-house to the exit opposite, when, lo and behold! whom should I meet on the very threshold but Ascyltos himself, as tired as I was, and almost dead; you would have thought that he had been brought by the self-same little old hag!

The Satyricon — Complete 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

After cursing the wiles of the little old hag, I covered my head and commenced to run through the middle of the night-house to the exit opposite, when, lo and behold! whom should I meet on the very threshold but Ascyltos himself, as tired as I was, and almost dead; you would have thought that he had been brought by the self-same little old hag!

The Satyricon — Volume 01: Introduction 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

But he did not remain one long; and became in turn a Fleet Street publican, the proprietor of a Haymarket night-house, an auctioneer, a picture dealer, a bill discounter (with a side line in usury), and the editor of a Sunday organ.

The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Horace Wyndham

No, he went by another road, even though it led to the narrow way, night-house and spider-forest.

The Book of Wonder Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917

The establishment has its "runners" and "ropers in," like the night houses, who are paid a percentage on the winnings from their victims, and the proprietor of the day-house is generally the owner of a night-house higher up town.

The Secrets of the Great City James Dabney McCabe 1862

The vulgar and dishonest publican, who sold a _bona fide_ poison under a false name; the low tavern-keeper; the proprietor of the dram-shop; of the night-house; and the shebeen -- all were struck with terror and dismay.

Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831

Page 37 mother's night-house, where I always lay with her, and coiled themselves into folds, and each time they crowed like a cock.

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself. Vol. I. 1789

I remember two of those ominous snakes, each of which was as thick as the calf of a man's leg, and in colour resembling a dolphin in the water, crept at different times into my mother's night-house, where I always lay with her, and coiled themselves into folds, and each time they crowed like a cock.

The Life of Olaudah Equiano Or Gustavus Vassa The African Equiano, Olaudah 1789