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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... Sampson , commonly called , from his occupation as a pedagogue , Dominie Sampson . He was of low birth , but having evinced , even from his cradle , an uncommon seriousness of disposition , the poor parents were encouraged to hope that ...
... Sampson , commonly called , from his occupation as a pedagogue , Dominie Sampson . He was of low birth , but having evinced , even from his cradle , an uncommon seriousness of disposition , the poor parents were encouraged to hope that ...
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... Sampson either exhibited irritability at this ill - usage , or made the least attempt to retort upon his tormentors . He slunk from college by the most secret paths he could discover , and plunged himself into his miserable lodging ...
... Sampson either exhibited irritability at this ill - usage , or made the least attempt to retort upon his tormentors . He slunk from college by the most secret paths he could discover , and plunged himself into his miserable lodging ...
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Walter Scott. Dominie Sampson . Conversation , it is true , was out of the question , but the Dominie was a good listener , and stirred the fire with some address . He attempted even to snuff the candles , but was unsuccessful , and ...
Walter Scott. Dominie Sampson . Conversation , it is true , was out of the question , but the Dominie was a good listener , and stirred the fire with some address . He attempted even to snuff the candles , but was unsuccessful , and ...
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... Sampson , in a voice whose untuneable harshness corresponded with the awkwardness of his figure . They were the first words which Mannering had heard him speak ; and as he had been watching with some curiosity when this eating ...
... Sampson , in a voice whose untuneable harshness corresponded with the awkwardness of his figure . They were the first words which Mannering had heard him speak ; and as he had been watching with some curiosity when this eating ...
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... - yard ae morning before day - dawing . ' " Hush ! Meg , hush ! hush ! that's not safe talk . ” " What does she mean ? " said Mannering to Sampson in an undertone . " Fire - raising , " answered the laconic Dominie THE ASTROLOGER 13.
... - yard ae morning before day - dawing . ' " Hush ! Meg , hush ! hush ! that's not safe talk . ” " What does she mean ? " said Mannering to Sampson in an undertone . " Fire - raising , " answered the laconic Dominie THE ASTROLOGER 13.
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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