"Gleg" Quotes from Famous Books
... consigned to an English firm—Messrs. Gleg and Robarts—who rendered us every assistance in their power. Mr Robarts was on the point of starting in a fast-sailing schooner on a trip along the coast to the northward and west, as far as the mouth of the mighty river ... — A Voyage round the World - A book for boys • W.H.G. Kingston
... lived in the north, Pennefather, do you know what we should say about you? We should say that you were no very gleg in the uptake." ... — The Mayor of Troy • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch |