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 10
... whole town with a week's sport . It would be endless even to mention the numerous jokes to which it gave birth , —from a ballad , called " Sampson's Riddle , " written upon the subject by a smart young student of humanity -- to the sly ...
... whole town with a week's sport . It would be endless even to mention the numerous jokes to which it gave birth , —from a ballad , called " Sampson's Riddle , " written upon the subject by a smart young student of humanity -- to the sly ...
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... whole was then put into the velvet bag aforesaid , and hung as a charm round the neck of the infant , where his mother resolved it should remain until the period for the legitimate satisfaction of her curiosity should arrive . The ...
... whole was then put into the velvet bag aforesaid , and hung as a charm round the neck of the infant , where his mother resolved it should remain until the period for the legitimate satisfaction of her curiosity should arrive . The ...
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... whole mystery of the tinker . To these they added a petty trade in the coarse sorts of earthenware . Such were their ostensible means of livelihood . Each tribe had usually some fixed place of rendezvous , which they occasionally ...
... whole mystery of the tinker . To these they added a petty trade in the coarse sorts of earthenware . Such were their ostensible means of livelihood . Each tribe had usually some fixed place of rendezvous , which they occasionally ...
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... whole , rather a ridiculous appendage to a beautiful young woman of seventeen . Dominie Sampson achieved with great zeal such tasks as Mr. Mac - Morlan chose to entrust him with ; but it was speedily observed that at a certain hour ...
... whole , rather a ridiculous appendage to a beautiful young woman of seventeen . Dominie Sampson achieved with great zeal such tasks as Mr. Mac - Morlan chose to entrust him with ; but it was speedily observed that at a certain hour ...
Page 88
... whole fortune ? Of the religious views of the matter I shall say nothing , until I find a reverend divine who shall condemn self - defence in the article of life and pro- perty . If its propriety in that case be generally admitted , I ...
... whole fortune ? Of the religious views of the matter I shall say nothing , until I find a reverend divine who shall condemn self - defence in the article of life and pro- perty . If its propriety in that case be generally admitted , I ...
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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