Peregrine Pultuney; Or, Life in India, Volume 2J. Mortimer, 1844 |
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... hope in his 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 ...
... hope in his 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 ...
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... hope of accomplishing a cure or even of affording him the least alleviation ; so he must be forgiven if the figure of speech he employed was not strictly in accordance with the genuine truth . 66 I suppose you are as happy as you can be ...
... hope of accomplishing a cure or even of affording him the least alleviation ; so he must be forgiven if the figure of speech he employed was not strictly in accordance with the genuine truth . 66 I suppose you are as happy as you can be ...
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... hope not , " fervently ejaculated Major Lacky- well , " I - hope - not . " " The niggers can swim , I suppose , ” said Julian Jenks ; " it would be good fun to see them , I think . " " Fun to you , Jenks , but death to them , as the ...
... hope not , " fervently ejaculated Major Lacky- well , " I - hope - not . " " The niggers can swim , I suppose , ” said Julian Jenks ; " it would be good fun to see them , I think . " " Fun to you , Jenks , but death to them , as the ...
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... hope attendant upon the opening of the dâk- bag . We have seen the pale face grow paler— the clenched hand clenched still faster - the tremb- ling frame still more tremulous , as the eye dimly wanders over the characters , every one of ...
... hope attendant upon the opening of the dâk- bag . We have seen the pale face grow paler— the clenched hand clenched still faster - the tremb- ling frame still more tremulous , as the eye dimly wanders over the characters , every one of ...
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... hope he enjoys his sojourn at the colony , " observed Julian Jenks , in a tone of voice that was not intended to express any hopes of the kind . " Poor fellow - poor fellow ! " said Peregrine , " I pity him , I do indeed ; he has paid ...
... hope he enjoys his sojourn at the colony , " observed Julian Jenks , in a tone of voice that was not intended to express any hopes of the kind . " Poor fellow - poor fellow ! " said Peregrine , " I pity him , I do indeed ; he has paid ...
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