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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... arms , assured Guy Mannering , " It was a weary lang gate yet to Kippletringan , and unco heavy road for foot passengers . The poor hack upon which Mannering was mounted , was probably of opinion that it suited him as ill as the female ...
... arms , assured Guy Mannering , " It was a weary lang gate yet to Kippletringan , and unco heavy road for foot passengers . The poor hack upon which Mannering was mounted , was probably of opinion that it suited him as ill as the female ...
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... arm , long misshapen legs sprawling abroad , and keeping awkward time to the play of his immense shoulder - blades , as they raised and depressed the loose and threadbare black coat which was his constant and only wear . When he spoke ...
... arm , long misshapen legs sprawling abroad , and keeping awkward time to the play of his immense shoulder - blades , as they raised and depressed the loose and threadbare black coat which was his constant and only wear . When he spoke ...
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... arms of the family , carved in freestone , frowned over the gateway , and the portal showed the spaces arranged by the architect for lowering the portcullis and raising the drawbridge . A rude farm - gate , made of young fir - trees ...
... arms of the family , carved in freestone , frowned over the gateway , and the portal showed the spaces arranged by the architect for lowering the portcullis and raising the drawbridge . A rude farm - gate , made of young fir - trees ...
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... arms folded , and then turned to the ruined castle . On entering the gateway , he found that the rude magnificence of the inner court amply corresponded with the grandeur of the exterior . On the one side ran a range of windows , lofty ...
... arms folded , and then turned to the ruined castle . On entering the gateway , he found that the rude magnificence of the inner court amply corresponded with the grandeur of the exterior . On the one side ran a range of windows , lofty ...
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... arm and stirring the clothes , had given it at some distance the appearance of motion , so that those who first discovered the body thought that life remained . But every spark had been long extinguished . 66 My bairn ! my bairn ...
... arm and stirring the clothes , had given it at some distance the appearance of motion , so that those who first discovered the body thought that life remained . But every spark had been long extinguished . 66 My bairn ! my bairn ...
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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