Peregrine Pultuney: Or, Life in India, Volume 3J. Mortimer, 1844 |
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Page 6
... took one look at the salut- ing battery , where he had so often blazed away in honour of those magnificent old women , called big - wigs ; and then riveted his gaze intently on the top of the Ochterloney Monument , which peered over the ...
... took one look at the salut- ing battery , where he had so often blazed away in honour of those magnificent old women , called big - wigs ; and then riveted his gaze intently on the top of the Ochterloney Monument , which peered over the ...
Page 7
... took to smoking in the midst of them ; some men take to drinking , others to opium , why then should not Peregrine have taken to that , which was so much more harmless than either of them . Night , however , came on amain , and ...
... took to smoking in the midst of them ; some men take to drinking , others to opium , why then should not Peregrine have taken to that , which was so much more harmless than either of them . Night , however , came on amain , and ...
Page 10
... took place , the arrangements must be considered to have been admirable , especially as the government got the fifty - six facetious gentlemen ( minus , only three , who died on the voyage ) quite safely down to Arra- can , at the ...
... took place , the arrangements must be considered to have been admirable , especially as the government got the fifty - six facetious gentlemen ( minus , only three , who died on the voyage ) quite safely down to Arra- can , at the ...
Page 21
... , but the doctor was not Julia Poggleton . He took com- mand of his detachment , looked at the guns and ammunition , tried to interest himself , but failed utterly , and , not having been able to purchase PEREGRINE PULTUNEY . 21.
... , but the doctor was not Julia Poggleton . He took com- mand of his detachment , looked at the guns and ammunition , tried to interest himself , but failed utterly , and , not having been able to purchase PEREGRINE PULTUNEY . 21.
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... took some chicken - broth , and when Peer Khan made him some jelly out of chickens ' feet , he de- voured it with great rapacity , though all the good Mahommedan's devoted assiduity could not make the preparation more solid than gravy ...
... took some chicken - broth , and when Peer Khan made him some jelly out of chickens ' feet , he de- voured it with great rapacity , though all the good Mahommedan's devoted assiduity could not make the preparation more solid than gravy ...
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