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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... lady's principles as well as of her charms , and my author gives him this character : " He was a man of eminent parts and resolution , for which reason he was chosen by the western counties one of the committee of noblemen and gentlemen ...
... lady's principles as well as of her charms , and my author gives him this character : " He was a man of eminent parts and resolution , for which reason he was chosen by the western counties one of the committee of noblemen and gentlemen ...
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... lady who had a portion of about four thousand pounds . Nobody in the neigh- bourhood could conceive why she married ... lady's behalf ( confined for the first time after her marriage ) that the speedy and active express , mentioned by ...
... lady who had a portion of about four thousand pounds . Nobody in the neigh- bourhood could conceive why she married ... lady's behalf ( confined for the first time after her marriage ) that the speedy and active express , mentioned by ...
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... lady lighter yet ? Be it lad or be it lass , Sign wi ' cross and sain wi ' mass . " It's Meg Merrilies , the gipsy , as sure as I am a sinner , ” said Mr. Bertram . The Dominie groaned deeply , uncrossed his legs , drew in the huge ...
... lady lighter yet ? Be it lad or be it lass , Sign wi ' cross and sain wi ' mass . " It's Meg Merrilies , the gipsy , as sure as I am a sinner , ” said Mr. Bertram . The Dominie groaned deeply , uncrossed his legs , drew in the huge ...
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... lady had presented her husband with a fine boy , and was ( of course ) as well as could be expected , broke off this intercourse . Mr. Bertram hastened to the lady's apartment , Meg Merrilies descended to the kitchen to secure her share ...
... lady had presented her husband with a fine boy , and was ( of course ) as well as could be expected , broke off this intercourse . Mr. Bertram hastened to the lady's apartment , Meg Merrilies descended to the kitchen to secure her share ...
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... lady to whom he was attached , and that a similar conjunction of planetary influence threatened her with death , or imprisonment , in her thirty - ninth year . She was at this time eighteen ; so that , according to the result of the ...
... lady to whom he was attached , and that a similar conjunction of planetary influence threatened her with death , or imprisonment , in her thirty - ninth year . She was at this time eighteen ; so that , according to the result of 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