Peregrine Pultuney; Or, Life in India, Volume 2J. Mortimer, 1844 |
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... never shaken hands , and so joyous was his disposition , that neither the rains of August , nor the low jungles of the strange country he was entering , nor the dirty river , nor the wet deck , nor his leaky cabin could chase the smile ...
... never shaken hands , and so joyous was his disposition , that neither the rains of August , nor the low jungles of the strange country he was entering , nor the dirty river , nor the wet deck , nor his leaky cabin could chase the smile ...
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... never be tired of hearing him- self talking in his own Bengalee - a pleasure so long denied and , in truth , we question much if there was another person in the ship , whose heart , had there been a window in his breast to peep through ...
... never be tired of hearing him- self talking in his own Bengalee - a pleasure so long denied and , in truth , we question much if there was another person in the ship , whose heart , had there been a window in his breast to peep through ...
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... Never did a servant in the whole world make himself more " generally useful ” than Peer Khan did in this conjuncture , and if , after having done good service with his fists , and procured two very decent palankins for Peregrine ...
... Never did a servant in the whole world make himself more " generally useful ” than Peer Khan did in this conjuncture , and if , after having done good service with his fists , and procured two very decent palankins for Peregrine ...
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Peregrine Pultuney, Sir John William Kaye. race of chobdars are extinct - we never see a silver stick now . But palankins in the streets of Calcutta , are what hackney - coaches and cabs are in London , always ready in the most public ...
Peregrine Pultuney, Sir John William Kaye. race of chobdars are extinct - we never see a silver stick now . But palankins in the streets of Calcutta , are what hackney - coaches and cabs are in London , always ready in the most public ...
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... never been made previously cognizant of such matters , may well wonder how to insinuate himself into a bed , which is surrounded on every side by tightly- drawn and tightly - tucked - in gauze curtains , to open which for half a minute ...
... never been made previously cognizant of such matters , may well wonder how to insinuate himself into a bed , which is surrounded on every side by tightly- drawn and tightly - tucked - in gauze curtains , to open which for half a minute ...
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acquaintance Addiscombe arrival asked Peregrine aunt ayah barouche barracks bearer Bengal better bheesties buggy burra Calcutta carriage certainly cheroot chit Chowringhee Clay confounded hole course cousin cried Peregrine dare say dear deuce Drawlincourt Dum-Dum Ensign exclaimed Peregrine eyes face fellow fever gentleman gleton griffins grine hand Hardyman Hastings heart hero India Julia Poggleton Julian Jenks Kedgeree knew laugh least long cornet looked married master mess Miss Poggleton morning native never observed officer palankin Parkinson Peer Khan Pere Peregrine Pul Peregrine Pultuney Peregrine thought Peregrine took Peregrine's perhaps Phillimore poor Doleton pretty Pultuney and Julian punkah regiment replied Peregrine returned Julia returned Peregrine rupees sahib scarcely servant sirdar smile soon Spence's Splashington suppose sure talk tell thing tiffin tuney whilst wish word wretched young gentlemen young lady youth