Peregrine Pultuney; Or, Life in India, Volume 2J. Mortimer, 1844 |
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... Calcutta . IN the days of which we are writing , though not so very far removed from the present , ships arriving from Europe , and other places were com- pelled to make their own way up the Hooghly river in the best manner they could ...
... Calcutta . IN the days of which we are writing , though not so very far removed from the present , ships arriving from Europe , and other places were com- pelled to make their own way up the Hooghly river in the best manner they could ...
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... Calcutta paper that was lying thereon with a teles- cope stretching across it to keep it from fluttering overboard or making an excursion into the rig- ging . " What's that you've got there ? " asked Pere- grine . " The Bengal Hurk ...
... Calcutta paper that was lying thereon with a teles- cope stretching across it to keep it from fluttering overboard or making an excursion into the rig- ging . " What's that you've got there ? " asked Pere- grine . " The Bengal Hurk ...
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... Calcutta , and what there were very or- dinary - trusted in her heart that neither of her nieces had encouraged an undue familiarity in any body on board ship , especially the young military men — and wound up by informing them , that ...
... Calcutta , and what there were very or- dinary - trusted in her heart that neither of her nieces had encouraged an undue familiarity in any body on board ship , especially the young military men — and wound up by informing them , that ...
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... Calcutta . " “ You lucky dog , I wish mine were , " ejaculated Julian , with much fervour . " And so do I , " exclaimed Peregrine Pultuney ; " but I am in luck's way too - I've got an old aunt at the Presidency , and she's better than ...
... Calcutta . " “ You lucky dog , I wish mine were , " ejaculated Julian , with much fervour . " And so do I , " exclaimed Peregrine Pultuney ; " but I am in luck's way too - I've got an old aunt at the Presidency , and she's better than ...
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... Calcutta Mint in one morning , as mornings are generally computed in genteel society , meaning thereby , that we were op- posite to the only " Pagoda Tree , " whose existence we are aware of in this country , before three o'clock P. M. ...
... Calcutta Mint in one morning , as mornings are generally computed in genteel society , meaning thereby , that we were op- posite to the only " Pagoda Tree , " whose existence we are aware of in this country , before three o'clock P. M. ...
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