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Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Witching

It draws near to witching time of night.
Blair.—The Grave, Line 55.

’Tis now the very witching time of night;
When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act III. Scene 2. (Hamlet alone.)