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 7
... , and a door in the middle , leading to a parlour and withdrawing room , full of all manner of cross lights . This was the New Place of Ellangowan , in which we left our hero , better amused perhaps than our readers , and THE ASTROLOGER 7.
... , and a door in the middle , leading to a parlour and withdrawing room , full of all manner of cross lights . This was the New Place of Ellangowan , in which we left our hero , better amused perhaps than our readers , and THE ASTROLOGER 7.
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... better than you how to spae its fortune - he does it by the stars . " 66 Certainly , sir , " said Mannering , entering into the simple humour of his landlord , " I will calculate his nativity according to the rule of the Triplicities ...
... better than you how to spae its fortune - he does it by the stars . " 66 Certainly , sir , " said Mannering , entering into the simple humour of his landlord , " I will calculate his nativity according to the rule of the Triplicities ...
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... better judgments . Whether the coinci- dence which I have mentioned was really one of those singular chances , which sometimes happen against all ordinary calcula- tions ; or whether Mannering , bewildered amid the arithmetical ...
... better judgments . Whether the coinci- dence which I have mentioned was really one of those singular chances , which sometimes happen against all ordinary calcula- tions ; or whether Mannering , bewildered amid the arithmetical ...
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... better have gaen to Jamaica , like Sir Thomas Kittlecourt's uncle - and how they brought hame relics , like those that Catholics have , and a flag that's up yonder in the garret - if they had been casks of Musca- vado , and puncheons of ...
... better have gaen to Jamaica , like Sir Thomas Kittlecourt's uncle - and how they brought hame relics , like those that Catholics have , and a flag that's up yonder in the garret - if they had been casks of Musca- vado , and puncheons of ...
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... better pleased than I am . " " " Accordingly , unwilling to confine his gratitude to mere feelings , or verbal expressions , he gave full current to the new - born zeal of office , and endeavoured to express his sense of the honour ...
... better pleased than I am . " " " Accordingly , unwilling to confine his gratitude to mere feelings , or verbal expressions , he gave full current to the new - born zeal of office , and endeavoured to express his sense of the honour ...
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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