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"Jolter," he directed crisply, turning again to the 'phone,
The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man George Randolph Chester 1896
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[1] See Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (London, 1751), chapter 43, the debate between Jolter and Pallet.
Letter 133 2009
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What hadn't changed was his method of payment: Baranti's walls were studded with signed pics of the Jolter -- to enhance the glory of Leonardo's Deli.
The Loneliest Hero 2008
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A fire captain and police officer broke away to walk the Jolter in.
The Loneliest Hero 2008
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Jolter, imagining that Pallet was drunk, shook his head, saying, he believed the spirit was nowhere but in his own brain.
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They were, however, by the pressure of the crowd that followed them, thrust forward to the door, through which the vision entered; and there Jolter, with great ceremony, complimented his reverence with the pas, beseeching him to walk in.
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Peregrine is released — Jolter confounded at his mysterious Conduct — A Contest happens between the Poet and Painter, who are reconciled by the Mediation of their Fellow – Travellers.
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Jolter, thus baffled in all his endeavours, quitted the Bastille with a heavy heart, and reported his fruitless negotiation to the ambassador, who could not help breaking forth into some acrimonious expressions against the obstinacy and insolence of the young man, who, he said, deserved to suffer for his folly.
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Israelite and his dulcinea dejected in consequence of their disgrace, the poet absorbed in lofty meditation, the painter in schemes of revenge; while Jolter, rocked by the motion of the carriage, made himself amends for the want of rest he had sustained; and the mendicant, with his fair charge, were infected by the cloudy aspect of our youth, in whose disappointment each of them, for different reasons, bore no inconsiderable share.
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Encouraged by the success of these efforts, which tickled the imagination of Jolter, and drew smiles (as he imagined) of approbation from our hero, he sported in many other equivoques of the same nature; and at dinner, told the physician, that he was like the root of the tongue, as being cursedly down in the mouth.
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