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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... door with no small difficulty , and for some time knocked without producing any other answer than a duet between a female and a cur - dog , the latter yelping as if he would have barked his heart out , the other screaming in chorus . By ...
... door with no small difficulty , and for some time knocked without producing any other answer than a duet between a female and a cur - dog , the latter yelping as if he would have barked his heart out , the other screaming in chorus . By ...
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... door ; and ye'll be come in the canny moment , I'm thinking , for the laird's servant - that's no to say his body - servant , but the helper like - rade express by this e'en to fetch the houdie , and he just staid the drinking o ' twa ...
... door ; and ye'll be come in the canny moment , I'm thinking , for the laird's servant - that's no to say his body - servant , but the helper like - rade express by this e'en to fetch the houdie , and he just staid the drinking o ' twa ...
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... door o ' the New Place . " Accordingly , leaving the ruins on the right , a few steps brought the traveller in front of a modern house of moderate size , at which his guide rapped with great importance . Man- nering told his ...
... door o ' the New Place . " Accordingly , leaving the ruins on the right , a few steps brought the traveller in front of a modern house of moderate size , at which his guide rapped with great importance . Man- nering told his ...
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... doors the Rev. Aaron Macbriar , his mother's chaplain ( it is said they quarrelled about the good graces of a milkmaid ) ... door in the middle , leading to a parlour and withdrawing room , full of all manner of cross lights . This was the ...
... doors the Rev. Aaron Macbriar , his mother's chaplain ( it is said they quarrelled about the good graces of a milkmaid ) ... door in the middle , leading to a parlour and withdrawing room , full of all manner of cross lights . This was the ...
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... door opened , and Meg Merrilies entered . Her appearance made Mannering start . She was full six feet high , wore a man's greatcoat over the rest of her dress , had in her hand a goodly sloe - thorn cudgel , and in all points of ...
... door opened , and Meg Merrilies entered . Her appearance made Mannering start . She was full six feet high , wore a man's greatcoat over the rest of her dress , had in her hand a goodly sloe - thorn cudgel , and in all points of ...
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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