Peregrine Pultuney; Or, Life in India, Volume 2J. Mortimer, 1844 |
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... dear friends , whom I shall be sorry to leave , very sorry , there is you , Pultuney , and Jenks — and , and— ” " Lucretia Gowanspec , " suggested Peregrine Pultuney . " No , no , " faltered Doleton , blushing deep as crimson ; " no ...
... dear friends , whom I shall be sorry to leave , very sorry , there is you , Pultuney , and Jenks — and , and— ” " Lucretia Gowanspec , " suggested Peregrine Pultuney . " No , no , " faltered Doleton , blushing deep as crimson ; " no ...
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... dear son . " For some time he continued poring over the epistle , with his elbows on the cuddy table , his forehead pressed against his clenched hands , and his eyes fixed on the paper - it was difficult to say whether he was reading or ...
... dear son . " For some time he continued poring over the epistle , with his elbows on the cuddy table , his forehead pressed against his clenched hands , and his eyes fixed on the paper - it was difficult to say whether he was reading or ...
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... dear nieces , & c . , and to show her gratitude to the memory of her late lamented brother , by every possible kindness to his children , an expression of feeling which , upon her part , was exceedingly praiseworthy , as , with the ...
... dear nieces , & c . , and to show her gratitude to the memory of her late lamented brother , by every possible kindness to his children , an expression of feeling which , upon her part , was exceedingly praiseworthy , as , with the ...
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... dear little fellow ! how I do wish he'd remember me for a moment ! -Appleby -Charles - there now - I used to call you Charles at Addiscombe - dear Charles , I think you should know me I am Jenks - Julian Jenks , I am come to nurse you ...
... dear little fellow ! how I do wish he'd remember me for a moment ! -Appleby -Charles - there now - I used to call you Charles at Addiscombe - dear Charles , I think you should know me I am Jenks - Julian Jenks , I am come to nurse you ...
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... Dear me ! " said Mrs. Poggleton , in just such a voice as you would expect to hear from a bag of white muslin , " how you frightened me ! my ne- phew ! dear me - my nerves - how rough you are , nephew - I can't get over it - so sudden ...
... Dear me ! " said Mrs. Poggleton , in just such a voice as you would expect to hear from a bag of white muslin , " how you frightened me ! my ne- phew ! dear me - my nerves - how rough you are , nephew - I can't get over it - so sudden ...
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