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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... passed along the dreary morass . To these was now joined the distant roar of the ocean , towards which the traveller seemed to be fast approaching . This was no circumstance to make his mind easy . Many of the roads in that country lay ...
... passed along the dreary morass . To these was now joined the distant roar of the ocean , towards which the traveller seemed to be fast approaching . This was no circumstance to make his mind easy . Many of the roads in that country lay ...
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... passed . Finally , he led the way , through a wicket , into something which had still the air of an avenue , * Provincial for eastward and westward . + Hatching - time . though many of the trees were felled . The roar 4 GUY MANNERING : OR ,
... passed . Finally , he led the way , through a wicket , into something which had still the air of an avenue , * Provincial for eastward and westward . + Hatching - time . though many of the trees were felled . The roar 4 GUY MANNERING : OR ,
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... passed over without anything remarkable ; and on the morning of that which followed , the traveller mounted his palfrey , bade a courteous adieu to his hospitable landlord and to his clerical attendant , repeated his good wishes for the ...
... passed over without anything remarkable ; and on the morning of that which followed , the traveller mounted his palfrey , bade a courteous adieu to his hospitable landlord and to his clerical attendant , repeated his good wishes for the ...
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... passed without any show of greeting , salute , or recognition , " Giles Baillie , " he said , " have you heard that your son Gabriel is well ? " ( The question respected the young man who had been pressed . ) " If I had heard otherwise ...
... passed without any show of greeting , salute , or recognition , " Giles Baillie , " he said , " have you heard that your son Gabriel is well ? " ( The question respected the young man who had been pressed . ) " If I had heard otherwise ...
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... with the saddle turned round below its belly , and the reins of the bridle broken ; and that a farmer had informed them in passing , * A cow without horns . D that there was a smuggling lugger burning like a furnace THE ASTROLOGER 49.
... with the saddle turned round below its belly , and the reins of the bridle broken ; and that a farmer had informed them in passing , * A cow without horns . D that there was a smuggling lugger burning like a furnace THE ASTROLOGER 49.
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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