Colonel

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COLONEL. An officer in the army, next below a brigadier general, bears this title.

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I scarcely know how to describe this person, who, to my simple eyes, had the appearance of a colonel of the late Royal Guards, or, at least, of an attache of one of the northern legations.

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Insulted one of their colonels, and was quietly shipped off.

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There was more than one slur on the Colonel that made people shy of him; but the blot of the Diamond is all I need mention here.

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But it was by no means an easy employment; for in nothing was Colonel Lloyd more particular than in the management of his horses.

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The colonel quivered; then he smiled, and made a motion of incredulity.

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But, in after days, when the frenzy of that hideous epoch had subsided, it was remembered how loudly Colonel Pyncheon had joined in the general cry, to purge the land from witchcraft; nor did it fail to be whispered, that there was an invidious acrimony in the zeal with which he had sought the condemnation of Matthew Maule.

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Their colonel, Karl Bogdanich Schubert, came up to Denisov's squadron and rode at a footpace not far from Rostov, without taking any notice of him although they were now meeting for the first time since their encounter concerning Telyanin.

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Thou hast been well taught,' the Colonel replied, and Kim flushed.

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At the park she laughed at the colonel, and in the cottage at Marianne.

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But the Colonel yawned sadly among the Duchesses and great ladies of the Court.

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The men, listening with bated breath, now turned their curious eyes upon the colonel.

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He is now in his fifth year, and has brought in turn each of the prizes of the turf to Colonel Ross, his fortunate owner.