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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... young English gentleman , who had just left the uni- versity of Oxford , made use of the liberty afforded him , to visit some parts of the north of England ; and curiosity extended his tour into the adjacent frontier of the sister ...
... young English gentleman , who had just left the uni- versity of Oxford , made use of the liberty afforded him , to visit some parts of the north of England ; and curiosity extended his tour into the adjacent frontier of the sister ...
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... young student of humanity -- to the sly hope of the Principal , that the fugitive had not , in imitation of his mighty namesake , taken the college gates along with him in his retreat . To all appearance , the equanimity of Sampson was ...
... young student of humanity -- to the sly hope of the Principal , that the fugitive had not , in imitation of his mighty namesake , taken the college gates along with him in his retreat . To all appearance , the equanimity of Sampson was ...
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... young lady to whom he was attached , and that a similar conjunction of planetary influence threatened her with death , or imprisonment , in her thirty - ninth year . She was at this time eighteen ; so that , according to the result of ...
... young lady to whom he was attached , and that a similar conjunction of planetary influence threatened her with death , or imprisonment , in her thirty - ninth year . She was at this time eighteen ; so that , according to the result of ...
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... young student from Oxford , who had told such a fortune by the stars to the young Laird , " blessings on his dainty face . " The form , accent , and manners of the stranger , THE ASTROLOGER 29.
... young student from Oxford , who had told such a fortune by the stars to the young Laird , " blessings on his dainty face . " The form , accent , and manners of the stranger , THE ASTROLOGER 29.
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... young Mr. Harry would be the pride o ' the family , and there hadna been sic a sprout frae the auld aik since the death of Arthur Mac - Dingawaie , that was killed in the battle o ' the Bloody Bay ; as for the present stick , it was ...
... young Mr. Harry would be the pride o ' the family , and there hadna been sic a sprout frae the auld aik since the death of Arthur Mac - Dingawaie , that was killed in the battle o ' the Bloody Bay ; as for the present stick , it was ...
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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