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Holloway, William (1800)
Courtship; Didactic / Moralising; Domestic; Gothic; Inheritance / Identity; Lauderbrooke Hall; Woodland Castle;
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Dialect Features:Discourse Marker, Grammar, Idiom, Orthographical Contraction, Vocabulary
Extract #1 dialect features: Discourse Marker, Grammar, Idiom, Orthographical Contraction, Vocabulary
Speakers: All , Dorothy Elmford
"In troth," cried the good woman, "your Honour is hugeous kind; but I must consult our Ambrose first; for he has set his heart on Alle; and is always mightily in the dumps at the thoughts of parting with her. But the times are so hard!-- Ah! one don't know -- (Pausing, doubtingly) --Nevertheless, Sir, he'll be at home presently. If you'll wait a little, likewise he'll put you in the right road in a trice."
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Smith, Charlotte (1800)
Courtship; Domestic; Gothic; Yorkshire
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interlocutor
Dialect Features:Idiom, Metalanguage, Orthographical Respelling
" Aboot three moiles an end ," answered the man in his Yorkshire dialect . "And is it," said I, "a ruin like this?" -- He answered that it was deserted now of all of its inhabitants, because the family it had belonged to were all either dead, or gone "beyond sea." My curiosity being farther excited, I learned that the Abbey had been, to use my conductor's phrase, made into a house by a great rich family, "Romans, though, Romans;" which on being explained, I found meant that they were of the Roman Catholic religion . .
(Vol. 1,p. 18)
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Smith, Charlotte (1800)
Courtship; Domestic; Gothic; Yorkshire
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Dialect Features:Discourse Marker, Grammar, Idiom, Orthographical Contraction, Orthographical Respelling, Vocabulary
Extract #1 dialect features: Discourse Marker, Grammar, Idiom, Orthographical Contraction, Orthographical Respelling, Vocabulary
Speakers: All , Mrs Gournay
"If I might be so bold, young lady," said she, "as to give my humble opinion, I should take the liberty for to say, that it mid be very imprudent to appear all at once, as it were, and of a sudden afore his honour, seeing as he seems to be so grieved at heart about my late young master as to be sorry to see any other person as 'twere . -- The blessed Lady give him patience, poor gentleman! though for sartain he have been but very mollencholie and cast down for many a year, the more is the pity. Now I would humbly mention to you, that if his honour does not know all of a minute that you are here, why we can tell him by little and little; whereas if we go for to tell him without some preamble, there is no saying how he may take it. This house is very large, and nobody never in it but Father Golgota and Father Galezza , both pious men, and very worthy of trust, and myself and Mr. Camus the steward, and the inferior sarvants , which is only an house-maid, a cook, and laundry-maid ; and two men sarvents , trusty men, who have lived a many years with his honour: so that, if you please , Miss you and this gentlewoman may bide for the present without any one's being the wiser but me and the steward, and the housemaid, and she won't say a word about it; only when the reverend Father Golgota comes home, I must consult him thereon; for to be sure I would not upon no account whatsomever keep a secret from him. I'll try to be sure to make things as comfortable and such like, as I can. Father Golgota will be back shortly, and both me and Mr. Camus are sure 'twill be preferable not as yet to speak to Sir Mordaunt."
(Vol. 1,p. 48-50)
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Smith, Charlotte (1800)
Courtship; Domestic; Gothic; Yorkshire
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Dialect Features:Discourse Marker, Grammar, Idiom, Orthographical Contraction
"Oh! Miss, all as I ever learns is by odds and ends as 'twere . Mrs. Gournay was in a sad quondary just now, as she came out from Sir Mordaunt's room, and said she was surprised how Father Galezza could think of staying past his time, as if nothing was the matter. Why , lauk , Mrs. Gournay, says I , what is the matter? So, says she , Matter enough though, I sha'n't satisfy nobody's curiosity , says she ; but, says she , F ather Galezza nor nobody else can expect of me or Mr. Camus neither, to on in this here kind of way . Let us be paid ever so well, that is no reason why we should be ever now and then in danger of our lives.!
[Note this one, with its reported speech, is much more dialectal than anything else spoken by Rachael so far.]
(Vol. 1,p. 222)[Note this one, with its reported speech, is much more dialectal than anything else spoken by Rachael so far.]
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Smith, Charlotte (1800)
Adventure; Courtship; Manners / Society; Travel; Liverpool; Jamaica; London and fashionable society;
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2.
interlocutor
Dialect Features:Grammar, Idiom, Orthographical Contraction, Vocabulary
The captain, a rude blunt seaman, who had very soon seen more of her than he liked, perceived, what indeed I had not affected to hide, that this woman was utterly hateful to me; and calling me aside, he asked me if I did not see what she was at? " The devil fly away with her !" said he, " she's as cunning as his dam. Why, no wonder the gentlewoman wants to take Miss in tow â Her father is a widower â No bad look-out for the widow herself, who is not over-burdened with money. But more than that, there's a son in the case." â "A son?" cried I, imagining I at once saw the cause of Henrietta's coldness to me. "Yes," replied my informer; "but Miss has never seen him yet. You must know, that in this madam's jiggeting backwards and forwards, getting things to rights, I've laid my tackle to make out what she was; and I find she's the mother to one Apthorp, a lawyer, who had a place under Government in Antingua, who is now removed to Jamaica to a better thing; I don't know your law terms, not I; but though I've seen this mother what d'>ye call 'um but twice, I know she intends nothing more or less than to marry the father herself, and her son to his daughter."
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Smith, Horatio (1800)
Courtship; Domestic; Manners / Society; Social Commentary; Gloucestershire;
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2.
interlocutor
Dialect Features:Discourse Marker, Idiom, Orthographical Respelling
"Not in the street, by Jasus !" cried an Irish officer who had witnessed the preceding scene; "you had better go home with the lady abbess." "Indeed, I want none of his company," said the old lady; at the same time repeating her request that the coachman would drive on. "There may be some mistake," cried the Irish officer; "give me lave , I will spake to the young woman:" then turning to Clarissa, "Has she offered you a fair price?" said he. "Indeed, gentleman," replied Clarissa, greatly terrified at the appearance of the crowd, "she has agreed to give me all I asked, and I am perfectly satisfied." " Oh , by saint Patrick ," cried the officer, "it is a fair bargain; and let me see the man that dares be after attempting to take the old lady's goods out of her hands."
(Vol. 1,p. 56-7)
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Smith, Horatio (1800)
Courtship; Domestic; Manners / Society; Social Commentary; Gloucestershire;
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2.
interlocutor
Dialect Features:Discourse Marker, Idiom, Orthographical Respelling
" Arra ," cried the officer, who was an Irishman, "don't be after bodering us with your super snajums , clausum fregets , fiery faces or fiffararoes .
"The gentleman, you hear, has lost his lady, and suspects his friend has ran away with her.
"Take my advice, sir," said he, addressing himself to Freeman, "call him out, and damn me, pink him; whip him through the lungs, and get the secret from him dead or alive."
"Don't swear, friend," said the methodist preacher; "it shocks my ears to hear your profaneness; -- the Lord will certainly visit with you for it;-- you forget the commandment that forbids you to swear."
"And by Jasus ," cried the officer, "you forget the commandment that says, 'Thou shalt not be after committing adultery."
(Vol. 2,p. 148-149)"The gentleman, you hear, has lost his lady, and suspects his friend has ran away with her.
"Take my advice, sir," said he, addressing himself to Freeman, "call him out, and damn me, pink him; whip him through the lungs, and get the secret from him dead or alive."
"Don't swear, friend," said the methodist preacher; "it shocks my ears to hear your profaneness; -- the Lord will certainly visit with you for it;-- you forget the commandment that forbids you to swear."
"And by Jasus ," cried the officer, "you forget the commandment that says, 'Thou shalt not be after committing adultery."
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Smith, Horatio (1800)
Courtship; Domestic; Manners / Society; Social Commentary; Gloucestershire;
Dialect Speakers
2.
interlocutor
Dialect Features:Discourse Marker, Grammar, Idiom, Orthographical Contraction, Orthographical Respelling, Vocabulary
Extract #1 dialect features: Discourse Marker, Grammar, Idiom, Orthographical Contraction, Orthographical Respelling, Vocabulary
"A petty gentleman!" replied the man; " odds bobs he makes the great gentlemen ashamed o' themselves. I'se dount think his vortune be large , and yet it would zurprise thee to hear the main good he does, there is not a poor body for mailes round but has eaten his bread and cheese;-- no zooner ask than give ."
"So, I suppose," resumed Sternhold; "he always was a prodigal scoundrel."
" Look thee ," cried the man, " I'se dount knaw what thee meanst by calling him a scoundrel. I'se think thee beest no better than thee shouldst be , zo take thy sixpence back; I'se not ha' thy money. Master Zummers a scoundrel! I'se be half a mind to take thee to Zur Charles vor that, he'd teach thee to call names; here, take thy money, and thank thyself thee dosent catch a click o' thy head, vor I'se never had o' better mind o' my life."
(Vol. 4,p. 51-52)"So, I suppose," resumed Sternhold; "he always was a prodigal scoundrel."
" Look thee ," cried the man, " I'se dount knaw what thee meanst by calling him a scoundrel. I'se think thee beest no better than thee shouldst be , zo take thy sixpence back; I'se not ha' thy money. Master Zummers a scoundrel! I'se be half a mind to take thee to Zur Charles vor that, he'd teach thee to call names; here, take thy money, and thank thyself thee dosent catch a click o' thy head, vor I'se never had o' better mind o' my life."
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Bisset, Robert (1804)
Didactic / Moralising; Political; Satirical; Yorkshire; Brighton; Grantham; Gloucestershire;
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Dialect Features:Idiom, Orthographical Respelling
Speakers: All , Stout fellow
A very stout fellow, who conceived the preacher's looks directed to him, came forward and said, with much indignation; "thee darken my daylights , I will vight thee vor vive guineas."
(Vol. 3,p. 36)
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Bisset, Robert (1804)
Didactic / Moralising; Political; Satirical; Yorkshire; Brighton; Grantham; Gloucestershire;
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Betty - Maid
Dialect Features:Discourse Marker, Grammar, Idiom, Metalanguage, Orthographical Respelling, Vocabulary
Extract #1 dialect features: Discourse Marker, Grammar, Idiom, Metalanguage, Orthographical Respelling, Vocabulary
Betty, with the pert flippancy and consequential self-importance of a waiting-maid exalted into confidence , first asked what he had done with his sweetheart, and then, putting her hand in her side and elevating her face, declared that a gentleman such as he oft to be ashamed of himself for keeping company with sich nasty low trollops .
[some narrative omitted]
"Ah! my dear Miss Sukey, were I to give my humble opinion, I think he is nothing to come into compolisom with Mr. O'Rourke. Mr Roger is both more taller and more properer ; he has the fear of God before his eyes, he is in a state of grace, and is moreover the best built, the best shouldered, and the best limbed man one can see in a summer's day; he is consarned for the good of your soul. If you had seen him how grievously he took to it when you went away without once speaking to him, you would have bepitied the poor youth. Were I as you, Madam, I would give over all thought of your ungrateful cousin and give my mind up to Mr O'Rourke. He converted you to a state of grace, and enlightened you with the knowledge of the gospel. He would be a loving and a cherishing husband, and not be running after such gilflirts under your nose."
(Vol. 1,p. 132-34)[some narrative omitted]
"Ah! my dear Miss Sukey, were I to give my humble opinion, I think he is nothing to come into compolisom with Mr. O'Rourke. Mr Roger is both more taller and more properer ; he has the fear of God before his eyes, he is in a state of grace, and is moreover the best built, the best shouldered, and the best limbed man one can see in a summer's day; he is consarned for the good of your soul. If you had seen him how grievously he took to it when you went away without once speaking to him, you would have bepitied the poor youth. Were I as you, Madam, I would give over all thought of your ungrateful cousin and give my mind up to Mr O'Rourke. He converted you to a state of grace, and enlightened you with the knowledge of the gospel. He would be a loving and a cherishing husband, and not be running after such gilflirts under your nose."