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"Then Leoline is French and of noble birth?" said Sir Norman, with
The Midnight Queen May Agnes Fleming 1860
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They were talking of some one they called Leoline, and I, in a moment, knew that it was your flame, and that neither of them knew any more of her whereabouts than we did. "
The Midnight Queen May Agnes Fleming 1860
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Leoline, Trahere, and Marius, whom in all his actions he had found more faithfull vnto him then any others, to be of the order of the
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Every eye was rivetted upon the spot where Leoline had cleft the eddying waves; not a syllable was uttered; every heart thrilled painfully in expectation of his reappearance, but he rose not again to the surface, and the fears of the gazers responded to those of Guinessa, as she at length ejaculated, in a deep and hollow voice, 'He is lost -- he is lost!'
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 544, April 28, 1832 Various
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Leoline, the father of Christabel, with the following observation, on his rising in the morning:
The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 James Gillman
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Leoline and Guinessa are married, and Hengist becoming paramount in Kent, assigns to them a castle with ample domains in the
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 544, April 28, 1832 Various
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Thus spoke Colonel Leoline, commanding the regiment in which young
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So saying, he invited his comrades, as well as Oscar, to accompany him; while Gryffhod, on learning his purpose, joined his party with Leoline and others of his men, in order that they might render assistance, should any such be required, in climbing the broken and somewhat perilous ascent to the dizzy summit of the cliff.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 544, April 28, 1832 Various
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Eagerly snatching the redeemed weapon, its owner ran his eye over the blade, when finding that it had received no injury, nor suffered any obliteration of the talismanic characters, he repeatedly kissed it, replaced it in its scabbard, and then cordially embracing its recoverer exclaimed, 'Thanks, brave Leoline; ay, and something more substantial than empty thanks.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 544, April 28, 1832 Various
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The other names in the poem appear to belong to another family of names, -- names with a different origin and range of expression, -- Leoline, Géraldine, Roland, and most of all Bracy.
Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti Hall Caine 1892
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