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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... length , to complete his perplexity , he arrived at a place where the road divided into two . If there had been light to consult the relics of a finger- post which stood there , it would have been of little avail , as , according to the ...
... length , to complete his perplexity , he arrived at a place where the road divided into two . If there had been light to consult the relics of a finger- post which stood there , it would have been of little avail , as , according to the ...
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... length the joyful annunciation that the 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 ...
... length the joyful annunciation that the 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 ...
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... length , the same month , and day of the month , seemed assigned as the period of peril to both . It will be readily believed , that , in mentioning this circum- stance , we lay no weight whatever upon the pretended informa- tion thus ...
... length , the same month , and day of the month , seemed assigned as the period of peril to both . It will be readily believed , that , in mentioning this circum- stance , we lay no weight whatever upon the pretended informa- tion thus ...
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... length resolved plainly to tell him the judgment which he had formed , at the same time acquainting him with the futility of the rules of art on which he had proceeded . With this resolu- tion he walked out upon the terrace . If the ...
... length resolved plainly to tell him the judgment which he had formed , at the same time acquainting him with the futility of the rules of art on which he had proceeded . With this resolu- tion he walked out upon the terrace . If the ...
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... length any speech which Mannering had yet heard him utter . The tea , which of course belonged to the noble Captain Hatteraick's trade , was pronounced excellent . Still Mannering hinted , though with due delicacy , at the risk of en ...
... length any speech which Mannering had yet heard him utter . The tea , which of course belonged to the noble Captain Hatteraick's trade , was pronounced excellent . Still Mannering hinted , though with due delicacy , at the risk of en ...
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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