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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... father's speculations was soon seen . prived of Laird Lewis's personal and active superintendence , all his undertakings miscarried , and became either abortive or perilous . Without a single spark of energy to meet or repel these ...
... father's speculations was soon seen . prived of Laird Lewis's personal and active superintendence , all his undertakings miscarried , and became either abortive or perilous . Without a single spark of energy to meet or repel these ...
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... father in such a predicament , " till I hear she's gotten ower with it -- and if you , sir , are not very sleepry , and would do me and the Dominie the honour to sit up wi ' us , am sure we shall not detain you very late . Luckie ...
... father in such a predicament , " till I hear she's gotten ower with it -- and if you , sir , are not very sleepry , and would do me and the Dominie the honour to sit up wi ' us , am sure we shall not detain you very late . Luckie ...
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... father was a Jacobite , and out with Kenmore , so he never took the oaths ; and I ken not weel how it was , but all that I could do and say , they keepit me off the roll , though my agent , that had a vote upon my estate , ranked as a ...
... father was a Jacobite , and out with Kenmore , so he never took the oaths ; and I ken not weel how it was , but all that I could do and say , they keepit me off the roll , though my agent , that had a vote upon my estate , ranked as a ...
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... I must needs say , I have little memory for them ; but I wish ye could have heard my father's stories about the auld fights of the Mac - Dingawaies - that's the Bertrams that now is — wi ' the Irish , THE ASTROLOGER 27.
... I must needs say , I have little memory for them ; but I wish ye could have heard my father's stories about the auld fights of the Mac - Dingawaies - that's the Bertrams that now is — wi ' the Irish , THE ASTROLOGER 27.
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... father also resolved to do his part by the child , in securing him a good education ; and with the view that it should commence with the first dawnings of reason , Dominie Sampson was easily induced to renounce his public profession of ...
... father also resolved to do his part by the child , in securing him a good education ; and with the view that it should commence with the first dawnings of reason , Dominie Sampson was easily induced to renounce his public profession 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