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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... taken the college gates along with him in his retreat . To all appearance , the equanimity of Sampson was unshaken . He sought to assist his parents by teaching a school , and soon had plenty of scholars , but very few fees . In fact ...
... taken the college gates along with him in his retreat . To all appearance , the equanimity of Sampson was unshaken . He sought to assist his parents by teaching a school , and soon had plenty of scholars , but very few fees . In fact ...
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... taken to watch Meg Merrilies's incantations , had the appearance of some one who was concealing himself , being half hidden by the buttress behind which he stood . The Cap- tain , for such he styled himself , made a sudden and startled ...
... taken to watch Meg Merrilies's incantations , had the appearance of some one who was concealing himself , being half hidden by the buttress behind which he stood . The Cap- tain , for such he styled himself , made a sudden and startled ...
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... taken or leave asked . But these halcyon days were now to have an end , and a minatory inscription on one side of the gate inti- mated " prosecution according to law " ( the painter had spelt it persecution — l'un vaut bien l'autre ) to ...
... taken or leave asked . But these halcyon days were now to have an end , and a minatory inscription on one side of the gate inti- mated " prosecution according to law " ( the painter had spelt it persecution — l'un vaut bien l'autre ) to ...
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... taken place between judgment and execution , it chanced that Captain Dirk Hatteraick had , landed a cargo of spirits , and other contraband goods , upon the beach not far from Ellangowan , and , confiding in the indifference with which ...
... taken place between judgment and execution , it chanced that Captain Dirk Hatteraick had , landed a cargo of spirits , and other contraband goods , upon the beach not far from Ellangowan , and , confiding in the indifference with which ...
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... taken to efface the marks , which seemed obviously to have been derived from a desperate affray . On one side of this patch of open ground , was found the sufferer's naked hanger , which seemed to have been thrown 54 GUY MANNERING : OR ,
... taken to efface the marks , which seemed obviously to have been derived from a desperate affray . On one side of this patch of open ground , was found the sufferer's naked hanger , which seemed to have been thrown 54 GUY MANNERING : OR ,
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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