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His wife called Rolla police, and patrol officers spotted the truck and stopped him.
chicagotribune.com - 2010
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His wife called Rolla police, and patrol officers spotted the truck and stopped him.
chicagotribune.com - 2010
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Somehow this little guy had the intestinal fortitude to stare down the Royal 'Rolla's bumper and duck.
Archive 2008-02-01 Jan 2008
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In its pages appeared most of his "Comédies et Proverbes," and the lyric pieces of "Rolla" and "Les Nuits."
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Edwin Emerson 1914
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I am not a purist; an error of diction is very pardonable if it does not err on the side of the commonplace; the commonplace, the natural, is constitutionally abhorrent to me; and I have never been able to read with any very thorough sense of pleasure even the opening lines of "Rolla," that splendid lyrical outburst.
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Hugo had written "Notre Dame," and Musset had published "Rolla" and the
On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature John Ruskin 1859
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She took a fancy to my father in the character of 'Rolla'; and, being of course deservedly forsaken by her friends, became a prima donna.
Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer Frederick Marryat 1820
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Both "Rolla" and "Lucky" came close to playing bridesmaid in the specialty PTA race as the second weekend of Jonathan Demme's "Rachel Getting Married" found impressive numbers.
indieWIRE News 2008
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"In Rolla, which is a university town, I was told the tour stop there last year was the most effective event to involve the town and gown.
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[Sidenote: Alfred de Musset] [Sidenote: Relations with Georges Sand] [Sidenote: "Rolla" and "Les Nuits"]
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Edwin Emerson 1914
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