Peregrine Pultuney; Or, Life in India, Volume 2J. Mortimer, 1844 |
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... long cavalry officer , Mr. Drawlincourt , on board ship . We never had it out after all , for twice the long cornet was missing , and the second time , he not only forgot to keep his engagement , but he lost his passage in the ship ...
... long cavalry officer , Mr. Drawlincourt , on board ship . We never had it out after all , for twice the long cornet was missing , and the second time , he not only forgot to keep his engagement , but he lost his passage in the ship ...
Page 232
... long Cornet Drawlincourt is in a ship that's working up the river , and so , as a matter of course , you will have to visit him on his arrival . " " I visit him ! " ejaculated Mr. Jenks . " Of course , Jenks — as my friend — I must give ...
... long Cornet Drawlincourt is in a ship that's working up the river , and so , as a matter of course , you will have to visit him on his arrival . " " I visit him ! " ejaculated Mr. Jenks . " Of course , Jenks — as my friend — I must give ...
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... long cornet on board the Hastings ; but he had never dreaded a human being half so much as he dreaded Colonel Gregory Doleton . It is probable that the colonel did not know this ; and we would fain give him credit for not wantonly ...
... long cornet on board the Hastings ; but he had never dreaded a human being half so much as he dreaded Colonel Gregory Doleton . It is probable that the colonel did not know this ; and we would fain give him credit for not wantonly ...
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... long cornet had arrived with the treasured indignation of six months within him — nothing to him that he had an " affair " in prospect , which might , for all he knew , be laden with death . " I'll tell you what it is , Jenks , " he ...
... long cornet had arrived with the treasured indignation of six months within him — nothing to him that he had an " affair " in prospect , which might , for all he knew , be laden with death . " I'll tell you what it is , Jenks , " he ...
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... long cornet has to say for himself . Where the devil could he have gone off to , just as his presence was so particularly wanted ? " 66 pro- Why that I can't say , " returned Julian Jenks ; " and as for knowing , you may depend upon it ...
... long cornet has to say for himself . Where the devil could he have gone off to , just as his presence was so particularly wanted ? " 66 pro- Why that I can't say , " returned Julian Jenks ; " and as for knowing , you may depend upon it ...
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