Peregrine Pultuney: Or, Life in India, Volume 3J. Mortimer, 1844 |
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Page 11
... Thank you , " returned Peregrine , raising the proffered telescope to his eye ; " and that's Akyab , is it ? " " Sure enough , that's Akyab . " " The officers ' houses are more in - land , I suppose then , " surmised Peregrine . 66 Why ...
... Thank you , " returned Peregrine , raising the proffered telescope to his eye ; " and that's Akyab , is it ? " " Sure enough , that's Akyab . " " The officers ' houses are more in - land , I suppose then , " surmised Peregrine . 66 Why ...
Page 39
... thank you for buying in the best pieces of furniture in his house . " " You are very ingenious in discovering motives , ” observed Peregrine , who , if he had possessed strength enough , would have knocked the long cornet off the couch ...
... thank you for buying in the best pieces of furniture in his house . " " You are very ingenious in discovering motives , ” observed Peregrine , who , if he had possessed strength enough , would have knocked the long cornet off the couch ...
Page 42
... thank you -you were quite wrong , you see . All accident , of course , " and as he said this , Peregrine rose from the sofa , feeling as though a thirty - two pound shot had been taken out of his left waistcoat pocket , and a six ...
... thank you -you were quite wrong , you see . All accident , of course , " and as he said this , Peregrine rose from the sofa , feeling as though a thirty - two pound shot had been taken out of his left waistcoat pocket , and a six ...
Page 48
... thank him , he was fairly out of the room . Our hero thought of Julia , how sweet it would have been to be nursed by the dear girl ; and for a few moments he felt disappointed , but when he remembered that she had already one patient to ...
... thank him , he was fairly out of the room . Our hero thought of Julia , how sweet it would have been to be nursed by the dear girl ; and for a few moments he felt disappointed , but when he remembered that she had already one patient to ...
Page 115
... thanks . No- thing could have happened better for Peregrine than this early visit to his kind friend ; for in little more than an hour after his walking up the steps of the Chandpaul Ghaut , he found himself once more domesticated in Dr ...
... thanks . No- thing could have happened better for Peregrine than this early visit to his kind friend ; for in little more than an hour after his walking up the steps of the Chandpaul Ghaut , he found himself once more domesticated in Dr ...
Common terms and phrases
afraid Akyab Arracan asked Peregrine Augusta Sweetenham aunt Barrackpore beautiful betrothed better boat buggy cabin Calcutta Captain Thornhill cheroot Chowringhee course cousin dance dear dearest deck deyvil dinner door Drawlincourt dress Dum-Dum exclaimed Peregrine eyes face fancy ball feelings fellow felt fever Fitz-simon gamboge girl gleton grine hand happy heard heart hero India Julia Poggleton Julian Jenks knew laugh long cornet looked Madras mamma married mind minutes Miss Poggleton Miss Sweeten Miss Sweetenham morning never observed Peregrine once Parkinson Peer Khan Pere Peregrine Pultuney Peregrine thought Peregrine took Peregrine's perhaps poor pray pretty punkah regrine rejoined replied Peregrine returned Peregrine round scarcely Seeva ship sick smile Splashington strange sure syces talk tell Thank thing told took tuney turned U. C. BERKELEY voice walked whilst wish word young gentleman young lady