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They thought ‘naething of what the like of Greenside, or Burnville, or Viewforth, might do, that were strangers in the country; but Ellangowan! that had been a name amang them since the mirk Monanday, and lang before—him to be grinding the puir at that rate!

Chapter VI 1917

Ellangowan! that had been a name amang them since the Mirk Monanday, and lang before — him to be grinding the puir at that rate!

Guy Mannering 1815

Ellangowan! that had been a name amang them since the Mirk

Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801

Ellangowan! that had been a name amang them since the Mirk

Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801

Greenside, or Burnville, or Viewforth might do, that were strangers in the country; but Ellangowan! that had been a name amang them since the

Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801

Meiklewham; “and albeit ye were nae great gun at the bar, ye might aye have gotten a Sheriffdom, or a Commissaryship, amang the lave, to keep the banes green; and sae ye might have saved your estate from deteriorating, if ye didna mend it muckle.”

Saint Ronan's Well 2008

I have kent decent lads amang them too — What for no? —

Saint Ronan's Well 2008

“What the devil is to be done, Donald?” said he; “the great barn would hold fifty more, if they would lie heads and thraws; but there would be drawn dirks amang them which should lie upper-most, and so we should have bloody puddings before morning!”

A Legend of Montrose 2008

As for the whistle, it was gaen anes and ay; but mony a time was it heard at the top of the house on the bartizan, and amang the auld chimneys and turrets where the howlets have their nests.

Redgauntlet 2008

“Ay, ay, Gaffer Tramp, take awa yealdon, take awa low — hang the witch, and there will be less scathe amang us; mine owsen hae been reckan this towmont.”

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007