Peregrine Pultuney; Or, Life in India, Volume 2J. Mortimer, 1844 |
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... heart , and abundant fancy in his brain , there is not one object to gladden his eyes , not one sight to raise pleasant expectations . All seems characteristic of the world he is about to enter , where sickness and death and desolation ...
... heart , and abundant fancy in his brain , there is not one object to gladden his eyes , not one sight to raise pleasant expectations . All seems characteristic of the world he is about to enter , where sickness and death and desolation ...
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... heart . It would be worth while being a griff again if only to recover the rosy lips and the gladsome heart , for the year and the day , which are said to mark the period of griffinage . Beneath a good stout awning , on the poop of the ...
... heart . It would be worth while being a griff again if only to recover the rosy lips and the gladsome heart , for the year and the day , which are said to mark the period of griffinage . Beneath a good stout awning , on the poop of the ...
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... 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 .
... 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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... 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 her carriage should be waiting for them at Ghandpaul ghaut ...
... 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 her carriage should be waiting for them at Ghandpaul ghaut ...
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