Peregrine Pultuney; Or, Life in India, Volume 2J. Mortimer, 1844 |
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... least degree picturesque , prevents it from being that . It is , in fact , almost sublime from the utter absence of beauty it exhibits . It is so desolate , so unlovely , so unearthly in its aspect , that , as you look upon it , you can ...
... least degree picturesque , prevents it from being that . It is , in fact , almost sublime from the utter absence of beauty it exhibits . It is so desolate , so unlovely , so unearthly in its aspect , that , as you look upon it , you can ...
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... home , ” said Peregrine- " d - n it all — that's just like my luck ; I don't know what he was not to have done for me― made me his aide - de - camp or something . I have got at least a score of letters for him , 6 PEREGRINE PULTUNEY .
... home , ” said Peregrine- " d - n it all — that's just like my luck ; I don't know what he was not to have done for me― made me his aide - de - camp or something . I have got at least a score of letters for him , 6 PEREGRINE PULTUNEY .
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Peregrine Pultuney, Sir John William Kaye. got at least a score of letters for him , and , moreover , he has promised to help me . Confound it all- quarrelled with the governor . I wish the governor was at the devil - can't be helped ...
Peregrine Pultuney, Sir John William Kaye. got at least a score of letters for him , and , moreover , he has promised to help me . Confound it all- quarrelled with the governor . I wish the governor was at the devil - can't be helped ...
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... 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 , " observed Peregrine- " the happiest of the whole party ...
... 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 , " observed Peregrine- " the happiest of the whole party ...
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... least ever since that Draw - ever since , I mean , we left the Cape , and then I have friends on board , dear friends , whom I shall be sorry to leave , very sorry , there is you , Pultuney , and Jenks — and , and— ” " Lucretia ...
... least ever since that Draw - ever since , I mean , we left the Cape , and then I have friends on board , dear friends , whom I shall be sorry to leave , very sorry , there is you , Pultuney , and Jenks — and , and— ” " Lucretia ...
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Peregrine Pultuney; Or, Life in India [By Sir J.W. Kaye] John William Kaye,Peregrine Pultuney No preview available - 2023 |
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