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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... poor hack upon which Mannering was mounted , was probably of opinion that it suited him as ill as the female respondent ; for he began to flag very much , answered each application of the spur with a groan , and stumbled at every stone ...
... poor hack upon which Mannering was mounted , was probably of opinion that it suited him as ill as the female respondent ; for he began to flag very much , answered each application of the spur with a groan , and stumbled at every stone ...
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... poor , he might chance to reach , unless he could procure a guide to this unlucky village of Kippletringan . A miserable hut gave him an opportunity to execute his purpose . He found out the door with no small difficulty , and for some ...
... poor , he might chance to reach , unless he could procure a guide to this unlucky village of Kippletringan . A miserable hut gave him an opportunity to execute his purpose . He found out the door with no small difficulty , and for some ...
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... poor Sir Allan one half of the family estate . His son Dennis Bertram married a daughter of an eminent fanatic , who had a seat in the council of state , and saved by that union the remainder of the family property . But , as ill chance ...
... poor Sir Allan one half of the family estate . His son Dennis Bertram married a daughter of an eminent fanatic , who had a seat in the council of state , and saved by that union the remainder of the family property . But , as ill chance ...
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... poor parents were encouraged to hope that their bairn , as they expressed it , " might wag his pow in a pulpit yet . ' With an ambitious view to such a consummation , they pinched and pared , rose early and lay down late , ate dry bread ...
... poor parents were encouraged to hope that their bairn , as they expressed it , " might wag his pow in a pulpit yet . ' With an ambitious view to such a consummation , they pinched and pared , rose early and lay down late , ate dry bread ...
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... poor scholar , from Juvenal's time downward . It was never known that Sampson either exhibited irritability at this ill - usage , or made the least attempt to retort upon his tormentors . He slunk from college by the most secret paths ...
... poor scholar , from Juvenal's time downward . It was never known that Sampson either exhibited irritability at this ill - usage , or made the least attempt to retort upon his tormentors . He slunk from college by the most secret paths ...
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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