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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... natural terraces on which grew some old trees , and terminating upon the white sand . The other side of the bay , opposite to the old castle , was a sloping and varied promontory , covered chiefly with copsewood , which on that favoured ...
... natural terraces on which grew some old trees , and terminating upon the white sand . The other side of the bay , opposite to the old castle , was a sloping and varied promontory , covered chiefly with copsewood , which on that favoured ...
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... naturally caught some portion of his enthusiasm , and laboured for a time to make him- self master of the technical process of astrological research ; so that , before he became convinced of its absurdity , William Lilly himself would ...
... naturally caught some portion of his enthusiasm , and laboured for a time to make him- self master of the technical process of astrological research ; so that , before he became convinced of its absurdity , William Lilly himself would ...
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... natural love for the marvellous , that we willingly contribute our own efforts to beguile our better judgments . Whether the coinci- dence which I have mentioned was really one of those singular chances , which sometimes happen against ...
... natural love for the marvellous , that we willingly contribute our own efforts to beguile our better judgments . Whether the coinci- dence which I have mentioned was really one of those singular chances , which sometimes happen against ...
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... natural apathy nor acquired philosophy can render country gentlemen insensible to the grievances which occur at elections , quarter - sessions , and meetings of trustees . Curious to investigate the manners of the country , Mannering ...
... natural apathy nor acquired philosophy can render country gentlemen insensible to the grievances which occur at elections , quarter - sessions , and meetings of trustees . Curious to investigate the manners of the country , Mannering ...
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... natural consequence , was dissolved also . Sir Thomas Kittlecourt , like other members in the same situation , posted down to his county , and met but an indifferent reception . He was a partisan of the old administration ; and the ...
... natural consequence , was dissolved also . Sir Thomas Kittlecourt , like other members in the same situation , posted down to his county , and met but an indifferent reception . He was a partisan of the old administration ; and 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