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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... once in his life ; and on that memorable occasion his landlady miscarried , partly through surprise at the event itself , and partly from terror at the hideous grimaces which attended this unusual cachinnation . The only effect which ...
... once in his life ; and on that memorable occasion his landlady miscarried , partly through surprise at the event itself , and partly from terror at the hideous grimaces which attended this unusual cachinnation . The only effect which ...
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... once before tried a similar piece of foolery , at the instance of Sophia Well- wood , the young lady to whom he was attached , and that a similar conjunction of planetary influence threatened her with death , or imprisonment , in her ...
... once before tried a similar piece of foolery , at the instance of Sophia Well- wood , the young lady to whom he was attached , and that a similar conjunction of planetary influence threatened her with death , or imprisonment , in her ...
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... once shock the universal prejudices of their age , or because they themselves were not altogether freed from the contagious influence of a prevailing superstition . Yet the result of his calculations in these two instances left so ...
... once shock the universal prejudices of their age , or because they themselves were not altogether freed from the contagious influence of a prevailing superstition . Yet the result of his calculations in these two instances left so ...
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... once to have possessed among the chiefs and nobles of the district . In other places , the shore was of a more gentle description , indented with small bays , where the land sloped smoothly down , or sent into the sea promontories ...
... once to have possessed among the chiefs and nobles of the district . In other places , the shore was of a more gentle description , indented with small bays , where the land sloped smoothly down , or sent into the sea promontories ...
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... once powerful barony . These were so extensive , that by dint of clipping and paring here , adding and eking there , and creating over - lords upon all the estate which Bertram held of the crown , they advanced , at the day of contest ...
... once powerful barony . These were so extensive , that by dint of clipping and paring here , adding and eking there , and creating over - lords upon all the estate which Bertram held of the crown , they advanced , at the day of contest ...
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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