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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... land , A huge half - moon , a monstrous cantle out . -HENRY THE FOURTH , Part 1 . THE Company in the parlour at Ellangowan consisted of the Laird , and a sort of person who might be the village school- master , or perhaps the minister's ...
... land , A huge half - moon , a monstrous cantle out . -HENRY THE FOURTH , Part 1 . THE Company in the parlour at Ellangowan consisted of the Laird , and a sort of person who might be the village school- master , or perhaps the minister's ...
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... lands , evacuated the old castle , where the family lived in their decadence , as a mouse ( said an old farmer ) lives under a firlot . Pulling down part of these venerable ruins , he built with the stones a narrow house of three ...
... lands , evacuated the old castle , where the family lived in their decadence , as a mouse ( said an old farmer ) lives under a firlot . Pulling down part of these venerable ruins , he built with the stones a narrow house of three ...
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... land , even in the month of November , smiled under its influence . A steep , but regular ascent led from the terrace to the neighbouring eminence , and conducted Mannering to the front of the old castle . It consisted of two massive ...
... land , even in the month of November , smiled under its influence . A steep , but regular ascent led from the terrace to the neighbouring eminence , and conducted Mannering to the front of the old castle . It consisted of two massive ...
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... land sloped smoothly down , or sent into the sea promontories covered with wood . A scene so different from what last night's journey had pre- saged , produced a proportional effect upon Mannering . Beneath his eye lay the modern house ...
... land sloped smoothly down , or sent into the sea promontories covered with wood . A scene so different from what last night's journey had pre- saged , produced a proportional effect upon Mannering . Beneath his eye lay the modern house ...
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... land , the distaff and spindle . As she spun , she sung what seemed to be a charm . Mannering , after in vain attempting to make himself master of the exact words of her song , afterwards attempted the following paraphrase of what ...
... land , the distaff and spindle . As she spun , she sung what seemed to be a charm . Mannering , after in vain attempting to make himself master of the exact words of her song , afterwards attempted the following paraphrase of what ...
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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