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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... carried in her 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 ...
... carried in her 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 ...
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... groaning malt , the remainder was divided among the gossips , each carrying a large portion home with the same affectation of great secrecy . broken - here bearing the rusty weather stains of ages 16 GUY MANNERING : OR ,
... groaning malt , the remainder was divided among the gossips , each carrying a large portion home with the same affectation of great secrecy . broken - here bearing the rusty weather stains of ages 16 GUY MANNERING : OR ,
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... carrying their lines of straggling hedgerows a little way up the ascent , Above these were green pastures , tenanted chiefly by herds of black cattle , then the staple commodity of the country , whose distant low gave no unpleasing ...
... carrying their lines of straggling hedgerows a little way up the ascent , Above these were green pastures , tenanted chiefly by herds of black cattle , then the staple commodity of the country , whose distant low gave no unpleasing ...
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... carried the worthy captain on board his vessel had accomplished that task , the sails began to ascend , and the ship was got under way . She fired three guns as a salute to the house of Ellangowan , and then shot away rapidly before the ...
... carried the worthy captain on board his vessel had accomplished that task , the sails began to ascend , and the ship was got under way . She fired three guns as a salute to the house of Ellangowan , and then shot away rapidly before the ...
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... carried on by the itinerant dealers . The children lacked their supply of sugar - plums and toys ; the young women wanted pins , ribbons , combs , and ballads ; and the old could no longer barter their eggs for salt , snuff , and ...
... carried on by the itinerant dealers . The children lacked their supply of sugar - plums and toys ; the young women wanted pins , ribbons , combs , and ballads ; and the old could no longer barter their eggs for salt , snuff , and ...
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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