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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... hear what the man wants , wi ' your yaffing ? ” " Am I far from Kippletringan , good dame ? " " Frae Kippletringan !!! " in an exalted tone of wonder , which we can but faintly express by three points of admiration ; " Ow , man ! ye ...
... hear what the man wants , wi ' your yaffing ? ” " Am I far from Kippletringan , good dame ? " " Frae Kippletringan !!! " in an exalted tone of wonder , which we can but faintly express by three points of admiration ; " Ow , man ! ye ...
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... 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 Howatson is very expeditious ; -there was ance ...
... 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 Howatson is very expeditious ; -there was ance ...
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... hear it , Mr. Mannering , but I am not a justice of peace . " Mannering assumed the expected look of surprise , but thought within himself that the worshipful bench suffered no great deprivation from wanting the assistance of his good ...
... hear it , Mr. Mannering , but I am not a justice of peace . " Mannering assumed the expected look of surprise , but thought within himself that the worshipful bench suffered no great deprivation from wanting the assistance of his good ...
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... hear the news of what had passed during her confinement , her apartment rung with all manner of gossiping respecting the handsome young student from Oxford , who had told such a fortune by the stars to the young Laird , " blessings on ...
... hear the news of what had passed during her confinement , her apartment rung with all manner of gossiping respecting the handsome young student from Oxford , who had told such a fortune by the stars to the young Laird , " blessings on ...
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... hear Meg Merrilies speak , and this is the last reise that I'll ever cut in the bonny woods of Ellangowan . " So saying , she broke the sapling she held in her hand , and flung it into the road . Margaret of Anjou , bestowing on her ...
... hear Meg Merrilies speak , and this is the last reise that I'll ever cut in the bonny woods of Ellangowan . " So saying , she broke the sapling she held in her hand , and flung it into the road . Margaret of Anjou , bestowing on her ...
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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