Peregrine Pultuney; Or, Life in India, Volume 2J. Mortimer, 1844 |
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... entering , nor the dirty river , nor the wet deck , nor his leaky cabin could chase the smile from his rosy lips , the sunshine from his gladsome heart . It would be worth while being a griff again if only to recover the rosy lips and ...
... entering , nor the dirty river , nor the wet deck , nor his leaky cabin could chase the smile from his rosy lips , the sunshine from his gladsome heart . It would be worth while being a griff again if only to recover the rosy lips and ...
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... full of people , and the cuddy - table strewn all over with letters . It is an anxious moment that , with very many , when the dak - boat comes alongside of a vessel that is just entering port . How the heart beats ! 14 PEREGRINE PULTUNEY .
... full of people , and the cuddy - table strewn all over with letters . It is an anxious moment that , with very many , when the dak - boat comes alongside of a vessel that is just entering port . How the heart beats ! 14 PEREGRINE PULTUNEY .
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Peregrine Pultuney, Sir John William Kaye. is just entering port . How the heart beats ! how the hand trembles ! as the sable Mercury appears upon deck , with the richly freighted bag in hand . Months have passed by , since the voyager ...
Peregrine Pultuney, Sir John William Kaye. is just entering port . How the heart beats ! how the hand trembles ! as the sable Mercury appears upon deck , with the richly freighted bag in hand . Months have passed by , since the voyager ...
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... entering them . A palankin , in the minds of our home - staying friends , is inseparably connected with all one's ideas of an Indian life , especially when the object of one's thoughts is a great person at a presidency . But it is a ...
... entering them . A palankin , in the minds of our home - staying friends , is inseparably connected with all one's ideas of an Indian life , especially when the object of one's thoughts is a great person at a presidency . But it is a ...
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... entered the hotel ( it was not then where it is now , but in Beecher's - building ) , the first thing they did was to raise a vehement cry of " waiter , " which not being productive of any visible effect , they began cursing and ...
... entered the hotel ( it was not then where it is now , but in Beecher's - building ) , the first thing they did was to raise a vehement cry of " waiter , " which not being productive of any visible effect , they began cursing and ...
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