Peregrine Pultuney; Or, Life in India, Volume 2J. Mortimer, 1844 |
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Page 5
... took up a Calcutta paper that was lying thereon with a teles- cope stretching across it to keep it from fluttering overboard or making an excursion into the rig- ging . " What's that you've got there ? " asked Pere- grine . " The Bengal ...
... took up a Calcutta paper that was lying thereon with a teles- cope stretching across it to keep it from fluttering overboard or making an excursion into the rig- ging . " What's that you've got there ? " asked Pere- grine . " The Bengal ...
Page 6
... took up another number of the Bengal Hurkaru , and there he read a number of very important items of intelligence , and com- mented upon them as he went on , just as people do when they take up a paper out of sheer idleness and nothing ...
... took up another number of the Bengal Hurkaru , and there he read a number of very important items of intelligence , and com- mented upon them as he went on , just as people do when they take up a paper out of sheer idleness and nothing ...
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... took a leisurely survey of the boat ; " no - not Tippo Sahib , certainly , but Hyder Ali . " " Bless me ! " ejaculated Doleton ; " Hyder Ali ! that horrid wretch - what has he come here for ? " " It's difficult to say , " returned the ...
... took a leisurely survey of the boat ; " no - not Tippo Sahib , certainly , but Hyder Ali . " " Bless me ! " ejaculated Doleton ; " Hyder Ali ! that horrid wretch - what has he come here for ? " " It's difficult to say , " returned the ...
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... took command of the vessel , and as the tide failed them about this time , they cast anchor oppo- site the Fultah Hotel , now a melancholy and un- sightly ruin , though were its windows so many mouths instead of eyes , it might tell of ...
... took command of the vessel , and as the tide failed them about this time , they cast anchor oppo- site the Fultah Hotel , now a melancholy and un- sightly ruin , though were its windows so many mouths instead of eyes , it might tell of ...
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... took for a term of respect , but which in reality implied that they had a very high opi- nion of nothing at all but the young gentlemen's griffinism . However , they returned to the ship without any particular adventure , took a pretty ...
... took for a term of respect , but which in reality implied that they had a very high opi- nion of nothing at all but the young gentlemen's griffinism . However , they returned to the ship without any particular adventure , took a pretty ...
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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