Anglo-Bengalee love

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  • Chuzzlewit, for instance, Nadgett, who undertook the task of making secret enquiries for the Anglo-Bengalee business, used to sit in Garraway's, and was occasionally seen drying a damp pocket handkerchief before the fire, looking over his shoulder for the man who never appeared.

    The Inns and Taverns of "Pickwick"; with Some Observations on Their Other Associations, Bertram Waldrom Matz 1895

  • The mild Hindoo imbibes it quietly, but approvingly, as he watches the evolutions of the Nautch girls, and his partiality for it has already enriched the Anglo-Bengalee vocabulary and London slang with the word “simkin.”

    Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines Henry Vizetelly 1857

  • Nadgett, man of mystery to the Anglo-Bengalee Disinterested Loan and

    Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 1841

  • 'Why, my dear sir, with regard to the Anglo-Bengalee, my information, you see, is limited; very limited.

    Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 1841

  • Anglo-Bengalee, and made an appointment to dine with Mr Montague, at

    Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 1841

  • Rival offices had endeavoured to lure him away; Lombard Street itself had beckoned to him; rich companies had whispered 'Be a Beadle!' but he still continued faithful to the Anglo-Bengalee.

    Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 1841

  • Jobling was for many reasons, and not last in the list because his connection lay principally among tradesmen and their families, exactly the sort of person whom the Anglo-Bengalee Company wanted for a medical officer.

    Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 1841

  • It was no virtue or merit in Nadgett that he transacted all his Anglo-Bengalee business secretly and in the closest confidence; for he was born to be

    Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 1841

  • Whether he was a deep rogue, or a stately simpleton, it was impossible to make out, but he appeared to believe in the Anglo-Bengalee.

    Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 1841

  • Anglo-Bengalee Company thenceforth, by that means.

    Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 1841

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