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Page 17
There was an air of careless good - humoured audacie ty about the fellow ; and ,
though under military restraint , there were some of the citizens who could not
help crying out , “ Well said , Joceline Joliffe . ” " Jolly Joceline , call ye him ?
There was an air of careless good - humoured audacie ty about the fellow ; and ,
though under military restraint , there were some of the citizens who could not
help crying out , “ Well said , Joceline Joliffe . ” " Jolly Joceline , call ye him ?
Page 34
This was Joceline Joliffe , one of the under - keepers of the walk , who , seeing
how matters stood , brandished his quarter - staff , a weapon from which he never
parted , and having made it describe the figure of eight in a flourish through the ...
This was Joceline Joliffe , one of the under - keepers of the walk , who , seeing
how matters stood , brandished his quarter - staff , a weapon from which he never
parted , and having made it describe the figure of eight in a flourish through the ...
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... Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one Walter Scott. We must trail bats now ,
Joceline - our time of ... Reach me my Toledo , Joceline , yonder it lies ; and the
scabbard , see where it hangs on the tree . Do not pull at my cloak , Alice , and
look so ...
... Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one Walter Scott. We must trail bats now ,
Joceline - our time of ... Reach me my Toledo , Joceline , yonder it lies ; and the
scabbard , see where it hangs on the tree . Do not pull at my cloak , Alice , and
look so ...
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Joceline Joliffe is nearer thy degree than I am , and will make surrender to thee of
the Lodge and household stuff . Withhold nothing , Joliffe - let them have all . For
me I will never cross the threshold again — but where to rest for a night ?
Joceline Joliffe is nearer thy degree than I am , and will make surrender to thee of
the Lodge and household stuff . Withhold nothing , Joliffe - let them have all . For
me I will never cross the threshold again — but where to rest for a night ?
Page 38
Joceline did not immediately answer , but at length , as if in sign of truce , stuck
the end of his quarterstaff upright in the ground , and leant upon it as he said
gruffly , — “ So , my tough old knight and you were at drawn bilbo , by way of
afternoon ...
Joceline did not immediately answer , but at length , as if in sign of truce , stuck
the end of his quarterstaff upright in the ground , and leant upon it as he said
gruffly , — “ So , my tough old knight and you were at drawn bilbo , by way of
afternoon ...
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| Title | Woodstock, Or, The Cavalier: A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one Volume 1 of Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Walter Scott |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 370 pages |
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