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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... seen . prived of Laird Lewis's personal and active superintendence , all his undertakings miscarried , and became either abortive or perilous . Without a single spark of energy to meet or repel these misfortunes , Godfrey put his faith ...
... seen . prived of Laird Lewis's personal and active superintendence , all his undertakings miscarried , and became either abortive or perilous . Without a single spark of energy to meet or repel these misfortunes , Godfrey put his faith ...
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... seen on the preceding evening . He soon found an aperture through which he could observe her without being himself visible ; and could not help feeling that her figure , her employment , and her situation , conveyed the exact impression ...
... seen on the preceding evening . He soon found an aperture through which he could observe her without being himself visible ; and could not help feeling that her figure , her employment , and her situation , conveyed the exact impression ...
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... seen only last week , and yet she has twelve bows sowing of victual ; indeed her good man , Duncan Finniston - that's him that's gone- ( for we must all die , Mr. Mannering ; that's ower true ) —and speaking of that , let us live in the ...
... seen only last week , and yet she has twelve bows sowing of victual ; indeed her good man , Duncan Finniston - that's him that's gone- ( for we must all die , Mr. Mannering ; that's ower true ) —and speaking of that , let us live in the ...
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... seen , both man and woman , perpetually drunk , cursing , blaspheming , and fighting together . " " Notwithstanding the deplorable picture presented in this extract , and which Fletcher himself , though the energetic and eloquent friend ...
... seen , both man and woman , perpetually drunk , cursing , blaspheming , and fighting together . " " Notwithstanding the deplorable picture presented in this extract , and which Fletcher himself , though the energetic and eloquent friend ...
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... seen stalking about with a mathematical problem in his head , and his eye upon a child of five years old , whose rambles led him into a hundred awkward situations . Twice was the Dominie chased by a cross - grained cow , once he fell ...
... seen stalking about with a mathematical problem in his head , and his eye upon a child of five years old , whose rambles led him into a hundred awkward situations . Twice was the Dominie chased by a cross - grained cow , once he fell ...
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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