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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... close behind The radiance of thy planet - O be warned ! -COLERIDGE , from SCHILLER . THE belief in astrology was almost universal in the middle of the seventeenth century ; it began to waver and become doubt- ful towards the close of ...
... close behind The radiance of thy planet - O be warned ! -COLERIDGE , from SCHILLER . THE belief in astrology was almost universal in the middle of the seventeenth century ; it began to waver and become doubt- ful towards the close of ...
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... close personal conflict . He was hard - favoured , and , which was worse , his face bore nothing of the insouciance , the careless frolicsome jollity and vacant curiosity of a sailor on shore . These qualities , perhaps , as much as any ...
... close personal conflict . He was hard - favoured , and , which was worse , his face bore nothing of the insouciance , the careless frolicsome jollity and vacant curiosity of a sailor on shore . These qualities , perhaps , as much as any ...
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... close upon the cape , so that they were obliged to wear the vessel for fear of going ashore , and to make a large tack back into the bay , in order to recover sea - room enough to double the headland . " They'll lose her , by ! -cargo ...
... close upon the cape , so that they were obliged to wear the vessel for fear of going ashore , and to make a large tack back into the bay , in order to recover sea - room enough to double the headland . " They'll lose her , by ! -cargo ...
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... close . " Sampson coloured up to the eyes - not at the implied taunt , which he would never have discovered , or resented if he had , but at some idea which crossed his own mind . " I have been in an error , " he said , " of a surety I ...
... close . " Sampson coloured up to the eyes - not at the implied taunt , which he would never have discovered , or resented if he had , but at some idea which crossed his own mind . " I have been in an error , " he said , " of a surety I ...
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... close when the parties entered the wood , and dispersed different ways in quest of the boy and his companion . The darkening of the atmosphere and the hoarse sighs of the November wind through the naked trees , the rustling of the ...
... close when the parties entered the wood , and dispersed different ways in quest of the boy and his companion . The darkening of the atmosphere and the hoarse sighs of the November wind through the naked trees , the rustling of the ...
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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