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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Page 32
... received rather as an humble friend than as an object of charity , was sent to the neighbouring workhouse . The decrepit dame , who travelled round the parish upon a hand - barrow , circulating from house to house like a bad shilling ...
... received rather as an humble friend than as an object of charity , was sent to the neighbouring workhouse . The decrepit dame , who travelled round the parish upon a hand - barrow , circulating from house to house like a bad shilling ...
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... received large accessions from among those whom famine , oppression , or the sword of war , had deprived of the ordinary means of subsistence . They lost , in a great measure , by this intermixture , the national character of Egyptians ...
... received large accessions from among those whom famine , oppression , or the sword of war , had deprived of the ordinary means of subsistence . They lost , in a great measure , by this intermixture , the national character of Egyptians ...
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... received , succeeded in clapping the broad arrow upon the articles , and bearing them off in triumph to the next custom- house . Dirk Hatteraick vowed , in Dutch , German , and English , a deep and full revenge , both against the gauger ...
... received , succeeded in clapping the broad arrow upon the articles , and bearing them off in triumph to the next custom- house . Dirk Hatteraick vowed , in Dutch , German , and English , a deep and full revenge , both against the gauger ...
Page 57
... received also the depositions of the unfortunate father and his servant , concerning what had passed at their meeting the caravan of gipsies , as they left the estate of Ellan- gowan . The speech of Meg Merrilies seemed particularly ...
... received also the depositions of the unfortunate father and his servant , concerning what had passed at their meeting the caravan of gipsies , as they left the estate of Ellan- gowan . The speech of Meg Merrilies seemed particularly ...
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... received some corroboration from the circum- stance of a fire being that evening found in the gipsy's deserted , cottage . To this fact Ellangowan and his gardener bore evidence . Yet it seemed extravagant to suppose , that , had this ...
... received some corroboration from the circum- stance of a fire being that evening found in the gipsy's deserted , cottage . To this fact Ellangowan and his gardener bore evidence . Yet it seemed extravagant to suppose , that , had this ...
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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