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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... strong and obvious disposition to risibility , which pervaded the congregation upon his first attempt , he became totally incapable of proceeding in his intended discourse - gasped , grinned , hideously rolled his eyes till the ...
... strong and obvious disposition to risibility , which pervaded the congregation upon his first attempt , he became totally incapable of proceeding in his intended discourse - gasped , grinned , hideously rolled his eyes till the ...
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... strong and weather- beaten features , which they partly shadowed , while her eye had a wild roll that indicated something like real or affected insanity . " Aweel , Ellangowan , " she said , " wad it no hae been a bonnie thing an the ...
... strong and weather- beaten features , which they partly shadowed , while her eye had a wild roll that indicated something like real or affected insanity . " Aweel , Ellangowan , " she said , " wad it no hae been a bonnie thing an the ...
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... impression upon his mind , that the results exactly corresponded , was vividly and indelibly strong . He could not help feeling surprise at a coincidence so singular and unexpected . " Does the devil mingle in the THE ASTROLOGER 19.
... impression upon his mind , that the results exactly corresponded , was vividly and indelibly strong . He could not help feeling surprise at a coincidence so singular and unexpected . " Does the devil mingle in the THE ASTROLOGER 19.
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... strong sunbeam , through a lofty and narrow window , fell upon her wild dress and features , and afforded her light for her occupation ; the rest of the apartment was very gloomy . Equipt in a habit which mingled the national dress of ...
... strong sunbeam , through a lofty and narrow window , fell upon her wild dress and features , and afforded her light for her occupation ; the rest of the apartment was very gloomy . Equipt in a habit which mingled the national dress of ...
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... strong , and thick - set ; so that it seemed as if a man of much greater height would have been an inadequate match in any close personal conflict . He was hard - favoured , and , which was worse , his face bore nothing of the ...
... strong , and thick - set ; so that it seemed as if a man of much greater height would have been an inadequate match in any close personal conflict . He was hard - favoured , and , which was worse , his face bore nothing of the ...
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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