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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... turned out of doors the Rev. Aaron Macbriar , his mother's chaplain ( it is said they quarrelled about the good graces of a milkmaid ) , drank himself daily drunk with brimming healths to the king , council , and bishops ; held orgies ...
... turned out of doors the Rev. Aaron Macbriar , his mother's chaplain ( it is said they quarrelled about the good graces of a milkmaid ) , drank himself daily drunk with brimming healths to the king , council , and bishops ; held orgies ...
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... on all possible occasions - turning their cattle into his parks , stealing his wood , shooting his game , and so forth , " for the Laird , honest man , he'll never find it , — he never minds what a puir body does . " 8 GUY MANNERING : OR ,
... on all possible occasions - turning their cattle into his parks , stealing his wood , shooting his game , and so forth , " for the Laird , honest man , he'll never find it , — he never minds what a puir body does . " 8 GUY MANNERING : OR ,
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... turned a gaunt and ghastly stare upon the youthful astrologer , and seemed to doubt if he had rightly understood his answer to his patron . 66 " I am afraid , sir , " said Mannering , turning towards him , you may be one of those ...
... turned a gaunt and ghastly stare upon the youthful astrologer , and seemed to doubt if he had rightly understood his answer to his patron . 66 " I am afraid , sir , " said Mannering , turning towards him , you may be one of those ...
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... turned his face alter- nately from the one spokesman to the other , and began , from the gravity with which Mannering plied his adversary , and the learning which he displayed in the controversy , to give him credit for being half ...
... turned his face alter- nately from the one spokesman to the other , and began , from the gravity with which Mannering plied his adversary , and the learning which he displayed in the controversy , to give him credit for being half ...
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... turned , the ken - no was produced ; and after all had eaten their fill , with a proper accompaniment of the groaning malt , the remainder was divided among the gossips , each carrying a large portion home with the same affectation of ...
... turned , the ken - no was produced ; and after all had eaten their fill , with a proper accompaniment of the groaning malt , the remainder was divided among the gossips , each carrying a large portion home with the same affectation of ...
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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