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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... sent to Dunnotar Castle , on the coast of the Mearns , and there broke his neck in an attempt to escape from a subterranean habitation called the Whig's Vault , in which he was confined with some eighty of the same persuasion . The ...
... sent to Dunnotar Castle , on the coast of the Mearns , and there broke his neck in an attempt to escape from a subterranean habitation called the Whig's Vault , in which he was confined with some eighty of the same persuasion . The ...
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... sent to the tol- booth ? " " Troth , but three , Laird , for there were nae mair in the fair , bye mysell , as I said before , and I e'en gae them leg - bail , for there's nae ease in dealing wi ' quarrelsome fowk . And there's Dunbog ...
... sent to the tol- booth ? " " Troth , but three , Laird , for there were nae mair in the fair , bye mysell , as I said before , and I e'en gae them leg - bail , for there's nae ease in dealing wi ' quarrelsome fowk . And there's Dunbog ...
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... sent into the sea promontories covered with wood . A scene so different from what last night's journey had pre- saged , produced a proportional effect upon Mannering . Beneath his eye lay the modern house - an awkward mansion , indeed ...
... sent into the sea promontories covered with wood . A scene so different from what last night's journey had pre- saged , produced a proportional effect upon Mannering . Beneath his eye lay the modern house - an awkward mansion , indeed ...
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... sent three that were a shame to be 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 ...
... sent three that were a shame to be 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 ...
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... 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 , which every one is in haste to pass to his neighbour , — she who used ...
... 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 , which every one is in haste to pass to his neighbour , — she who used ...
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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