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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... followed encroached , in their opinion , upon the article of Ellangowan's gentry ; and he found it necessary gradually to estrange himself from their society , and sink into what was then a very ambiguous character , a gentleman farmer ...
... followed encroached , in their opinion , upon the article of Ellangowan's gentry ; and he found it necessary gradually to estrange himself from their society , and sink into what was then a very ambiguous character , a gentleman farmer ...
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... followed the same clew to guide him out of the maze ; or whether his imagination , seduced by some point of apparent resemblance , lent its aid to make the similitude between the two operations more exactly accurate than it might ...
... followed the same clew to guide him out of the maze ; or whether his imagination , seduced by some point of apparent resemblance , lent its aid to make the similitude between the two operations more exactly accurate than it might ...
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... followed , the traveller mounted his palfrey , bade a courteous adieu to his hospitable landlord and to his clerical attendant , repeated his good wishes for the prosperity of the family , and then , turning his horse's head towards ...
... followed , the traveller mounted his palfrey , bade a courteous adieu to his hospitable landlord and to his clerical attendant , repeated his good wishes for the prosperity of the family , and then , turning his horse's head towards ...
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... followed the train of laden asses , and small carts , or tumblers as they were called in that country , on which were laid the decrepit and the helpless , the aged and infant part of the exiled community . The women in their red cloaks ...
... followed the train of laden asses , and small carts , or tumblers as they were called in that country , on which were laid the decrepit and the helpless , the aged and infant part of the exiled community . The women in their red cloaks ...
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... him . " So saying , he flung his horse's bridle to a boy , and ran up the ascent to the old castle , followed by the Laird , and indeed by several others of the family , alarmed by the sound of guns from 46 GUY MANNERING : OR ,
... him . " So saying , he flung his horse's bridle to a boy , and ran up the ascent to the old castle , followed by the Laird , and indeed by several others of the family , alarmed by the sound of guns from 46 GUY MANNERING : OR ,
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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