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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... hand path , and seemed to proceed at a somewhat livelier pace than before , affording thereby a hope that he knew he was drawing near to his quarters for the evening . This hope , how- ever , was not speedily accomplished ; and ...
... hand path , and seemed to proceed at a somewhat livelier pace than before , affording thereby a hope that he knew he was drawing near to his quarters for the evening . This hope , how- ever , was not speedily accomplished ; and ...
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... hand , rented some from neighbouring proprietors , bought and sold Highland cattle and Cheviot sheep , rode to fairs and trysts , fought hard bargains , and held necessity at the staff's end as well as he might . But what he gained in ...
... hand , rented some from neighbouring proprietors , bought and sold Highland cattle and Cheviot sheep , rode to fairs and trysts , fought hard bargains , and held necessity at the staff's end as well as he might . But what he gained in ...
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... hand , and added . something to his pittance by copying accounts and writing letters for Ellangowan . By degrees , the Laird , who was much estranged from general society , became partial to that of Dominie Sampson . Conversation , it ...
... hand , and added . something to his pittance by copying accounts and writing letters for Ellangowan . By degrees , the Laird , who was much estranged from general society , became partial to that of Dominie Sampson . Conversation , it ...
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... hand a goodly sloe - thorn cudgel , and in all points of equipment , except her petticoats , seemed rather masculine than feminine . Her dark elf - locks shot out like the snakes of the gorgon , between an old - fashioned bonnet called ...
... hand a goodly sloe - thorn cudgel , and in all points of equipment , except her petticoats , seemed rather masculine than feminine . Her dark elf - locks shot out like the snakes of the gorgon , between an old - fashioned bonnet called ...
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... hand . In his front was the quiet bay , whose little waves , crisping and sparkling to the moonbeams , rolled successively along its sur- face , and dashed with a soft and murmuring ripple against the silvery beach . To the left the ...
... hand . In his front was the quiet bay , whose little waves , crisping and sparkling to the moonbeams , rolled successively along its sur- face , and dashed with a soft and murmuring ripple against the silvery beach . To the left 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