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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... sound and significance , poured thick and threefold upon the unshrinking Dominie , whose stubborn incredulity bore him out against the pelting of this pitiless storm . At length the joyful annunciation that the lady had presented her ...
... sound and significance , poured thick and threefold upon the unshrinking Dominie , whose stubborn incredulity bore him out against the pelting of this pitiless storm . At length the joyful annunciation that the lady had presented her ...
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... sounds like nonsense , my dear . ' 66 " " May be so , my dear ; but it may be very good law for all that . I am sure , speaking of term - days , I wish , as Frank Kennedy says , that Whitsunday would kill Martinmas , and be hanged for ...
... sounds like nonsense , my dear . ' 66 " " May be so , my dear ; but it may be very good law for all that . I am sure , speaking of term - days , I wish , as Frank Kennedy says , that Whitsunday would kill Martinmas , and be hanged for ...
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... So saying , he flung his horse's bridle to a boy , and ran up the ascent to the old castle , followed by the Laird , and indeed by several others of the family , alarmed by the sound of guns from 46 GUY MANNERING : OR ,
... So saying , he flung his horse's bridle to a boy , and ran up the ascent to the old castle , followed by the Laird , and indeed by several others of the family , alarmed by the sound of guns from 46 GUY MANNERING : OR ,
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Walter Scott. the family , alarmed by the sound of guns from the sea , now distinctly heard . On gaining that part of the ruins which commanded the most extensive outlook , they saw a lugger , with all her canvas crowded , standing ...
Walter Scott. the family , alarmed by the sound of guns from the sea , now distinctly heard . On gaining that part of the ruins which commanded the most extensive outlook , they saw a lugger , with all her canvas crowded , standing ...
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... sound which the woods that day had rung to , that nobody hesitated a moment to believe that it conveyed tidings , and tidings of dreadful import . All hurried to the place , and , venturing without scruple upon paths which at another ...
... sound which the woods that day had rung to , that nobody hesitated a moment to believe that it conveyed tidings , and tidings of dreadful import . All hurried to the place , and , venturing without scruple upon paths which at another ...
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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