Howff

Quintin Mackell of Irongray, at the house of that singular Christian woman, Bessie Maclure, near to the place called the Howff, where Niel

Old Mortality 2004

Christian woman, Bessie Maclure, near to the place called the Howff, where Niel Blane entertaineth guests.

Old Mortality, Volume 2. Walter Scott 1801

Christian woman, Bessie Maclure, near to the place called the Howff, where Niel Blane entertaineth guests.

Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801

"I was from home most of the day, and when I came in, with a hunger sharp-set with half-a-dozen hours struggling with the wind, Bridget bade me be off at once to the Dutchman's Howff, which is in Colvend, just where the Boreland march dyke comes down to the edge of the cliff.

The Dew of Their Youth 1887

[The Globe Tavern was Burne's favourite "Howff," as he called it.

The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Robert Burns 1777

The Howff graveyard is a ten minute walk from my flat.

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2005

When you're actually walking through the Howff, though, it's easy to forget that you're in the midst of a city.

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2005

The Howff seemed full and frequented as if possessed of all its old celebrity.

Old Mortality 2004

As the browst (or brewing) of the Howff retained, nevertheless, its unrivalled reputation, most of the old customers continued to give it a preference.

Old Mortality 2004

He felt himself, as may well be supposed, a much changed man since that festivity; and yet, to look around him, the groups assembled in the Howff seemed not dissimilar to those which the same scene had formerly presented.

Old Mortality 2004