Peregrine Pultuney: Or, Life in India, Volume 3J. Mortimer, 1844 |
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Page 12
... believe , " said the сар- tain . " Botheration ! " cried Peregrine Pultuney , " to think of my living in a house made of leaves and bamboos - and dying there too , perhaps , " he added . It was not very long before the Seeva cast anchor ...
... believe , " said the сар- tain . " Botheration ! " cried Peregrine Pultuney , " to think of my living in a house made of leaves and bamboos - and dying there too , perhaps , " he added . It was not very long before the Seeva cast anchor ...
Page 19
... believe that when Epimetheus opened Pandora's box of evils and distempers , he was passing the honeymoon in Ramree , and that Hope was so frightened by the bad company in which she found herself , when first she immerged into being ...
... believe that when Epimetheus opened Pandora's box of evils and distempers , he was passing the honeymoon in Ramree , and that Hope was so frightened by the bad company in which she found herself , when first she immerged into being ...
Page 41
... believe a word of it — not I - confound it , sir , lend me the catalogue ; " and as Peregrine said this , he snatched the printed book out of the hand of the astonished cornet . That As a particularly interesting lot , namely a Broad ...
... believe a word of it — not I - confound it , sir , lend me the catalogue ; " and as Peregrine said this , he snatched the printed book out of the hand of the astonished cornet . That As a particularly interesting lot , namely a Broad ...
Page 114
... believe that he was as little selfish as most people ; but how could he be very sorry for the demise of an elderly gentleman , every bit as cross as a Good Friday's bun , whose existence was a curse to every body around him as well as ...
... believe that he was as little selfish as most people ; but how could he be very sorry for the demise of an elderly gentleman , every bit as cross as a Good Friday's bun , whose existence was a curse to every body around him as well as ...
Page 133
... believe that this is as much as most gentlemen can say they have seen of their wives before marriage . " " True ! " returned Peregrine , smiling , " and by this , I suppose , you mean to hint that you are think- ing of taking Miss ...
... believe that this is as much as most gentlemen can say they have seen of their wives before marriage . " " True ! " returned Peregrine , smiling , " and by this , I suppose , you mean to hint that you are think- ing of taking Miss ...
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