Peregrine Pultuney: Or, Life in India, Volume 3J. Mortimer, 1844 |
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Page 19
... matter , we take no account of that ; for who thinks of saying that there is no light in the profoundest depths of Erebus - no order in Chaos- no cool fountains in the crater of a volcano . Such things are well understood . There is a ...
... matter , we take no account of that ; for who thinks of saying that there is no light in the profoundest depths of Erebus - no order in Chaos- no cool fountains in the crater of a volcano . Such things are well understood . There is a ...
Page 33
... matter of course . Peregrine's heart beat with more than its wonted rapidity , as the bearers carried him round the corner of the street , which led to his uncle's abode , -— in a minute or two more his arm would be round his cousin's ...
... matter of course . Peregrine's heart beat with more than its wonted rapidity , as the bearers carried him round the corner of the street , which led to his uncle's abode , -— in a minute or two more his arm would be round his cousin's ...
Page 44
... matters is a very fine thing to build love upon , he would not have won- dered much , though he might have laughed at this strange announcement . But Peregrine did not re- member this ; neither did he remember that Miss Lucretia ...
... matters is a very fine thing to build love upon , he would not have won- dered much , though he might have laughed at this strange announcement . But Peregrine did not re- member this ; neither did he remember that Miss Lucretia ...
Page 55
... matter in a new light , and prepare herself , if possible , to make a sacrifice , for sacrifice it most assuredly would be . Peregrine was not altogether unknown in Calcutta — he was not an obscure subaltern - he was widely known and ...
... matter in a new light , and prepare herself , if possible , to make a sacrifice , for sacrifice it most assuredly would be . Peregrine was not altogether unknown in Calcutta — he was not an obscure subaltern - he was widely known and ...
Page 60
... matters . I really don't know what to tell you , except that the young lady was all in white . and looked remarkably pretty . " " " Pretty ! " returned Mrs. Poggleton ; " well , do you think so ? I never was amongst her admirers 60 ...
... matters . I really don't know what to tell you , except that the young lady was all in white . and looked remarkably pretty . " " " Pretty ! " returned Mrs. Poggleton ; " well , do you think so ? I never was amongst her admirers 60 ...
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