Peregrine Pultuney; Or, Life in India, Volume 2J. Mortimer, 1844 |
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... present , ships arriving from Europe , and other places were com- pelled to make their own way up the Hooghly river in the best manner they could . The Steam- ing Company , like Guy Fawkes in the song , " wasn't born till arter that ...
... present , ships arriving from Europe , and other places were com- pelled to make their own way up the Hooghly river in the best manner they could . The Steam- ing Company , like Guy Fawkes in the song , " wasn't born till arter that ...
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... present occasion , in a facetious attempt to hoax Julian Jenks and , if he could , Peregrine Pultuney . What a glorious opportunity was here of showing off his own superior knowledge , and having a joke at the expense of the griffs . He ...
... present occasion , in a facetious attempt to hoax Julian Jenks and , if he could , Peregrine Pultuney . What a glorious opportunity was here of showing off his own superior knowledge , and having a joke at the expense of the griffs . He ...
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... present occasion , he scarcely knew what to say ; he looked about him for a hint , and , as good luck would have it , one presented itself , in the shape of a large boat , which was tacking down upon them from the larboard side , filled ...
... present occasion , he scarcely knew what to say ; he looked about him for a hint , and , as good luck would have it , one presented itself , in the shape of a large boat , which was tacking down upon them from the larboard side , filled ...
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... present it at once to our readers , without any fur- ther comment . Peregrine Pultuney , Esquire , of the Bengal Artillery , to Harry Pultuney , Esquire , of Brazen Nose , Oxford . 6 " MY DEAR HARRY - I have often been ' going ' to ...
... present it at once to our readers , without any fur- ther comment . Peregrine Pultuney , Esquire , of the Bengal Artillery , to Harry Pultuney , Esquire , of Brazen Nose , Oxford . 6 " MY DEAR HARRY - I have often been ' going ' to ...
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... present weigh- ing the respective advantages of the residency of Lucknow , and the head of the Secreteriat depart- ment . At present the latter weighs the heaviest . " I told you , I think , in my letter from the Cape , of my adventures ...
... present weigh- ing the respective advantages of the residency of Lucknow , and the head of the Secreteriat depart- ment . At present the latter weighs the heaviest . " I told you , I think , in my letter from the Cape , of my adventures ...
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