Peregrine Pultuney; Or, Life in India, Volume 2J. Mortimer, 1844 |
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... tell of many a joyous carousal , of many orgies , and some perhaps unhallowed ones , of which that tumbling pile , in days of yore , was the chosen seat and the silent witness . The old hands of course were full of it , as they always ...
... tell of many a joyous carousal , of many orgies , and some perhaps unhallowed ones , of which that tumbling pile , in days of yore , was the chosen seat and the silent witness . The old hands of course were full of it , as they always ...
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... tell , but as Peregrine Pultuney and Julian Jenks were making their way over the gangway , they saw poor Doleton standing by his father's side , with his eyes fixed upon the ground , silent and inactive . There was a look of ...
... tell , but as Peregrine Pultuney and Julian Jenks were making their way over the gangway , they saw poor Doleton standing by his father's side , with his eyes fixed upon the ground , silent and inactive . There was a look of ...
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... tell thee most truly what it is . Calcutta is not without its just claims to the title it enjoys of the " City of Palaces . " Approaching it , as every stranger does , from the river , it bursts upon one in all the magnificence of its ...
... tell thee most truly what it is . Calcutta is not without its just claims to the title it enjoys of the " City of Palaces . " Approaching it , as every stranger does , from the river , it bursts upon one in all the magnificence of its ...
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... tell me , how did you manage it . Why didn't you get somebody to tuck in your curtains better . " " Curtains ! " ejaculated Julian Jenks , “ how do you think it was possible to sleep with curtains ? Heat intolerable - infernal ! I was ...
... tell me , how did you manage it . Why didn't you get somebody to tuck in your curtains better . " " Curtains ! " ejaculated Julian Jenks , “ how do you think it was possible to sleep with curtains ? Heat intolerable - infernal ! I was ...
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... tell me something else now . " “ Yes , master - I tell plenty thing - master got sirdar . " " Confound the sirdar , let me hear no more about him . " " Very good ; master get mate bearer - very PEREGRINE PULTUNEY . 47.
... tell me something else now . " “ Yes , master - I tell plenty thing - master got sirdar . " " Confound the sirdar , let me hear no more about him . " " Very good ; master get mate bearer - very PEREGRINE PULTUNEY . 47.
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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