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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Page 12
... gipsy , as sure as I am a sinner , ” said Mr. Bertram . The Dominie groaned deeply , uncrossed his legs , drew in the huge splay foot which his former posture had extended , placed it perpendicularly , and stretched the other limb over ...
... gipsy , as sure as I am a sinner , ” said Mr. Bertram . The Dominie groaned deeply , uncrossed his legs , drew in the huge splay foot which his former posture had extended , placed it perpendicularly , and stretched the other limb over ...
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... gipsy , " answered Sampson again . 66 " O troth , Laird , " continued Meg , during this by - talk , " it's but to the like o ' you ane can open their heart . Ye see , they say Dunbog is nae mair a gentleman than the blunker that's ...
... gipsy , " answered Sampson again . 66 " O troth , Laird , " continued Meg , during this by - talk , " it's but to the like o ' you ane can open their heart . Ye see , they say Dunbog is nae mair a gentleman than the blunker that's ...
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... gipsy he had seen on the preceding evening . He soon found an aperture through which he could observe her without being himself visible ; and could not help feeling that her figure , her employment , and her situation , conveyed the ...
... gipsy he had seen on the preceding evening . He soon found an aperture through which he could observe her without being himself visible ; and could not help feeling that her figure , her employment , and her situation , conveyed the ...
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... Gipsy- hag - tousand deyvils ! " " I am coming , I am coming , Captain , " answered Meg ; and in a moment or two the impatient commander whom she addressed made his appearance from the broken part of the ruins . He was apparently a ...
... Gipsy- hag - tousand deyvils ! " " I am coming , I am coming , Captain , " answered Meg ; and in a moment or two the impatient commander whom she addressed made his appearance from the broken part of the ruins . He was apparently a ...
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... gipsy emerged from her vault and joined the stranger . He ques- tioned her in an under - tone , looking at Mannering- " A shark alongside eh ? " She answered in the same tone of under - dialogue , using the cant language of her tribe ...
... gipsy emerged from her vault and joined the stranger . He ques- tioned her in an under - tone , looking at Mannering- " A shark alongside eh ? " She answered in the same tone of under - dialogue , using the cant language of her tribe ...
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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