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 12
... speak ; and as he had been watching with some curiosity when this eating , drinking , moving , and smoking automaton would perform the part of speaking , he was a good deal diverted with the harsh timbre tones which issued from him ...
... speak ; and as he had been watching with some curiosity when this eating , drinking , moving , and smoking automaton would perform the part of speaking , he was a good deal diverted with the harsh timbre tones which issued from him ...
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... speak to the prophetess , when a voice , hoarse as the waves with which it mingled , halloo'd twice , and with increasing impatience , - " Meg , Meg Merrilies ! -- Gipsy- hag - tousand deyvils ! " " I am coming , I am coming , Captain ...
... speak to the prophetess , when a voice , hoarse as the waves with which it mingled , halloo'd twice , and with increasing impatience , - " Meg , Meg Merrilies ! -- Gipsy- hag - tousand deyvils ! " " I am coming , I am coming , Captain ...
Page 24
... speaking perfectly good English . " Donner and blitzen ! we have been staying this half - hour . - Come , bless the good ship and the voyage , and be cursed to ye for a hag of Satan ! ” At this moment he noticed Mannering , who , from ...
... speaking perfectly good English . " Donner and blitzen ! we have been staying this half - hour . - Come , bless the good ship and the voyage , and be cursed to ye for a hag of Satan ! ” At this moment he noticed Mannering , who , from ...
Page 25
... speaking of excise , I come to bring you to breakfast ; and you shall have some tea , that- " " Mannering , by this time , was aware that one thought linked strangely on to another in the concatenation of worthy Mr. THE ASTROLOGER 25.
... speaking of excise , I come to bring you to breakfast ; and you shall have some tea , that- " " Mannering , by this time , was aware that one thought linked strangely on to another in the concatenation of worthy Mr. THE ASTROLOGER 25.
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... speaking of that , let us live in the meanwhile , for here's breakfast on the table , and the Dominie ready to say the grace . " up The Dominie did accordingly pronounce a benediction , that exceeded in length any speech which Mannering ...
... speaking of that , let us live in the meanwhile , for here's breakfast on the table , and the Dominie ready to say the grace . " up The Dominie did accordingly pronounce a benediction , that exceeded in length any speech which Mannering ...
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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