Peregrine Pultuney; Or, Life in India, Volume 2J. Mortimer, 1844 |
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... mean , for there are alas ! too many , who grow old in their very teens ; but Peregrine Pultuney was not one of these . Suffering and he had never shaken hands , and so joyous was his disposition , that neither the rains of August , nor ...
... mean , for there are alas ! too many , who grow old in their very teens ; but Peregrine Pultuney was not one of these . Suffering and he had never shaken hands , and so joyous was his disposition , that neither the rains of August , nor ...
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... means , " cried Peregrine , and as he said this he held out the paper in such a manner , that it caught the full strength of the south - west monsoon β he felt it fluttering in his hand , let it go purposely - and in less than a minute ...
... means , " cried Peregrine , and as he said this he held out the paper in such a manner , that it caught the full strength of the south - west monsoon β he felt it fluttering in his hand , let it go purposely - and in less than a minute ...
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... 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 β and , andβ β " Lucretia Gowanspec , " suggested Peregrine Pultuney . " No ...
... 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 β and , andβ β " Lucretia Gowanspec , " suggested Peregrine Pultuney . " No ...
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... means of a rope attached to the frame - that this strange machine was called a punkah , and was the most useful piece of furniture in the house - that the gentlemen at table were very vulgar gentlemen , for they took beer with one ...
... means of a rope attached to the frame - that this strange machine was called a punkah , and was the most useful piece of furniture in the house - that the gentlemen at table were very vulgar gentlemen , for they took beer with one ...
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... means of getting into it - a circumstance that might induce some of our readers to suppose that our hero was partially intoxicated , which would be not only highly injurious to his reputation , but at the same time highly unjust ; for a ...
... means of getting into it - a circumstance that might induce some of our readers to suppose that our hero was partially intoxicated , which would be not only highly injurious to his reputation , but at the same time highly unjust ; for a ...
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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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