Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer"Guy Mannering is set in the 1760s to 1780s, mostly in the Galloway area of southwest Scotland, but with episodes in Cumberland, Holland, and India. It tells the story of Henry "Harry" Bertram, the son of the Laird of Ellangowan, who is kidnapped at the age of five by smugglers after witnessing the murder of a customs officer. It follows the fortunes and adventures of Harry and his family in subsequent years, and the struggle over the inheritance of Ellangowan. The novel also depicts the lawlessness that existed at the time, when smugglers operated along the coast and thieves frequented the country roads." |
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Page 45
... Miss Jean Hadaway - by - the - bye , the Green Dragon at Harrigate is the best house of the twa ; -but for Frank Kennedy , he's in one sense a gentleman born , and it's a shame not to support him against these blackguard smugglers ...
... Miss Jean Hadaway - by - the - bye , the Green Dragon at Harrigate is the best house of the twa ; -but for Frank Kennedy , he's in one sense a gentleman born , and it's a shame not to support him against these blackguard smugglers ...
Page 48
... missed , then they are moaned . " " Pshaw ! pshaw ! deuce take the beef , and the gown , and table , and the neckcloth ! —we shall do all very well . — Where's the Dominie , John ? -- ( to a servant who was busy about the table ) ...
... missed , then they are moaned . " " Pshaw ! pshaw ! deuce take the beef , and the gown , and table , and the neckcloth ! —we shall do all very well . — Where's the Dominie , John ? -- ( to a servant who was busy about the table ) ...
Page 60
... Miss Bertram comes on the white powny ilka day to the kirk -- and a constant kirk - keeper she is — and it's a pleasure to hear her singing the psalms , winsome young thing . ' " " 66 Ay , and the young Laird of Hazlewood rides hame ...
... Miss Bertram comes on the white powny ilka day to the kirk -- and a constant kirk - keeper she is — and it's a pleasure to hear her singing the psalms , winsome young thing . ' " " 66 Ay , and the young Laird of Hazlewood rides hame ...
Page 67
... Miss Lucy grew up , she tried to keep order within doors - but what could she do , poor thing ? -so now they're out of house and hauld . " " " " Can you recollect , madam , about what time of the year the child was lost ? " The landlady ...
... Miss Lucy grew up , she tried to keep order within doors - but what could she do , poor thing ? -so now they're out of house and hauld . " " " " Can you recollect , madam , about what time of the year the child was lost ? " The landlady ...
Page 73
... Miss Bertram hoped he might be removed . , CHAPTER XIII They told me , by the sentence of the law , They had commission to seize all thy fortune.— Here stood a ruffian with a horrid face , Lording it o'er a pile of massy plate , Tumbled ...
... Miss Bertram hoped he might be removed . , CHAPTER XIII They told me , by the sentence of the law , They had commission to seize all thy fortune.— Here stood a ruffian with a horrid face , Lording it o'er a pile of massy plate , Tumbled ...
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Allonby answered appearance auld Aweel bairn better called Captain castle character Charles Hazlewood Colonel Mannering counsellor Dandie dear Derncleugh deyvil Dinmont Dirk Hatteraick Dominie Sampson door Ellangowan eyes father favour fear feelings fellow frae Frank Kennedy gentleman gipsy Glossin gude Guy Mannering hand Hazlewood House head heard heart honour horse Julia justice justice of peace Kennedy Kippletringan Laird Liddesdale light look Lucy Bertram lugger Mac-Candlish Mac-Guffog Mac-Morlan mair Mannering's Matilda maun Merrilies Mervyn mind Miss Bertram Miss Mannering morning muckle naething never night observed occasion ower person Pleydell poor Portanferry prisoner recollection replied round ruin scene Scotland seemed Singleside Sir Robert Hazlewood smugglers stranger suppose tell there's thought turned Vanbeest Brown voice Warroch weel window woman wood Woodbourne ye'll young Hazlewood young lady younker