Peregrine Pultuney: Or, Life in India, Volume 3J. Mortimer, 1844 |
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Page 7
... dinner upon the opposite one . As Peregrine had made a wretched tiffin , and the evening was somewhat chill , he did not look at the cold chicken and cold pigeon- pie with as much disgust as a lover generally ex- periences at the sight ...
... dinner upon the opposite one . As Peregrine had made a wretched tiffin , and the evening was somewhat chill , he did not look at the cold chicken and cold pigeon- pie with as much disgust as a lover generally ex- periences at the sight ...
Page 9
... dinner in the cuddy . The captain was an uncom- monly obliging fellow and had anchored , though the tide was in in his favour , for fear Peregrine , of whom he knew nothing , should not be able to over- take him . The Seeva being a brig ...
... dinner in the cuddy . The captain was an uncom- monly obliging fellow and had anchored , though the tide was in in his favour , for fear Peregrine , of whom he knew nothing , should not be able to over- take him . The Seeva being a brig ...
Page 12
... dinner . Ar- racan is one of those places , which , if there be no other use in it , is of infinite service as a practical il- lustration of a truth , which has been but tardily ac- knowledged , namely , that military men in civil ...
... dinner . Ar- racan is one of those places , which , if there be no other use in it , is of infinite service as a practical il- lustration of a truth , which has been but tardily ac- knowledged , namely , that military men in civil ...
Page 13
... been invited to a station dinner at the commissioner's , and had had an elephant sent down to the water's side to conduct him safely to that officer's residence . Peregrine thought it was rather a good thing , that PEREGRINE PULTUNEY . 13.
... been invited to a station dinner at the commissioner's , and had had an elephant sent down to the water's side to conduct him safely to that officer's residence . Peregrine thought it was rather a good thing , that PEREGRINE PULTUNEY . 13.
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... dinner at the commissioner's , which was as good as a dinner composed entirely of fowls in six shapes , ducks in three , fish of different kinds , and hermeti- cally sealed salmon can be - flocks and herds being as little able to ...
... dinner at the commissioner's , which was as good as a dinner composed entirely of fowls in six shapes , ducks in three , fish of different kinds , and hermeti- cally sealed salmon can be - flocks and herds being as little able to ...
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