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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... voice of the querist alone was distinguishable , the response usually was , " Where are ye coming frae at sic a time o ' night as the like o ' this ? " — or , " Ye'll no be o ' this country , freend ? ” The answers , when obtained ...
... voice of the querist alone was distinguishable , the response usually was , " Where are ye coming frae at sic a time o ' night as the like o ' this ? " — or , " Ye'll no be o ' this country , freend ? ” The answers , when obtained ...
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... voice from the interior , " are ye lying routing there , and a young gentleman seeking the way to the Place ? Get up , ye fause loon , and show him the way down the muckle loaning . He'll show you the way , sir , and I'se warrant ye'll ...
... voice from the interior , " are ye lying routing there , and a young gentleman seeking the way to the Place ? Get up , ye fause loon , and show him the way down the muckle loaning . He'll show you the way , sir , and I'se warrant ye'll ...
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... voice , and the screech - owl notes to which it was exalted when he was exhorted to pronounce more distinctly , all added fresh subject for mirth to the torn cloak and shattered shoe , which have afforded legitimate subjects of raillery ...
... voice , and the screech - owl notes to which it was exalted when he was exhorted to pronounce more distinctly , all added fresh subject for mirth to the torn cloak and shattered shoe , which have afforded legitimate subjects of raillery ...
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... voice of some one ascending the stairs from the kitchen storey , and singing at full pitch of voice . The high notes were too shrill for a man , the low seemed too deep for a woman . The words as far as Mannering could distinguish them ...
... voice of some one ascending the stairs from the kitchen storey , and singing at full pitch of voice . The high notes were too shrill for a man , the low seemed too deep for a woman . The words as far as Mannering could distinguish them ...
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... voice , and cutting three capers with such strength and agility as almost to touch the roof of the room , concluded , " And now , Laird , will ye no order me a tass o ' brandy ? ” " That you shall have , Meg - Sit down yont there at the ...
... voice , and cutting three capers with such strength and agility as almost to touch the roof of the room , concluded , " And now , Laird , will ye no order me a tass o ' brandy ? ” " That you shall have , Meg - Sit down yont there at 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