Colonel
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195 examples of Colonel in a sentence
'At the second table, behind the pillars.''He has been congratulated!' remarked the
Colonel.
As there was some rivalry between the tax-collector and the colonel, both, to show off their talents, drilled their men separately.
Binet had only just time to shout, "Present arms!" and the
colonel
to imitate him.
"Halt!" shouted the
colonel.
But each of the members of the Guard of Honour possessed or had borrowed one of those sky-blue coats with a pair of
colonel'
s epaulettes in silver, which had shone in public seven years before.
Not knowing what token to give him of his sudden affection, he ended by offering him the hand of one of his cousins, a wealthy heiress in Moscow; 'and once you are married,' he explained, 'my influence and the Cross you are wearing will make you a
Colonel
in two years.'
In a few minutes, Julien obtained leave from his Colonel, and left Strasbourg at a gallop; but the fearful anxiety which was devouring him did not allow him to continue this method of travel farther than Metz.
After all, M. de La Mole is so great a nobleman that public opinion will easily find an excuse for the young
Colonel
who will wed this charming widow.
Colonel
of Hussars, should we go to war; Secretary of Legation in time of peace; after that, Ambassador ... for I should soon have learned the business ... and had I been a mere fool, need the son-in-law of the Marquis de La Mole fear any rival?
It was on a hot, sultry day that the three were in the parlor of Mr. Wharton's house, the
colonel
and Sarah seated on a sofa, engaged in a combat of the eyes, aided by the usual flow of small talk, and Frances was occupied at her tambouring frame in an opposite corner of the room, when the gentleman suddenly exclaimed,-"How gay the arrival of the army under General Burgoyne will make the city, Miss Wharton!""Oh! how pleasant it must be," said the thoughtless Sarah, in reply; "I am told there are many charming women with that army; as you say, it will make us all life and gayety."
Frances shook back the abundance of her golden hair, and raised her eyes, dancing with the ardor of national feeling; then laughing, with a concealed humor, she asked,-"Is it so certain that General Burgoyne will be permitted to reach the city?""Permitted!" echoed the
colonel.
"General Stark took the Germans into custody," she answered, compressing her lip; "may not General Gates think the British too dangerous to go at large?""Oh! they were Germans, as you say," cried the colonel, excessively vexed at the necessity of explaining at all; "mere mercenary troops; but when the really British regiments come in question, you will see a very different result."
"Of that there is no doubt," cried Sarah, without in the least partaking of the resentment of the
colonel
to her sister, but hailing already in her heart the triumph of the British.
"Pray,
Colonel
Wellmere," said Frances, recovering her good humor, and raising her joyous eyes once more to the face of the gentleman, "was the Lord Percy of Lexington a kinsman of him who fought at Chevy Chase?""Why, Miss Fanny, you are becoming a rebel," said the colonel, endeavoring to laugh away the anger he felt; "what you are pleased to insinuate was a chase at Lexington, was nothing more than a judicious retreat - a-kind of - ""Running fight," interrupted the good-humored girl, laying a great emphasis on the first word.
"Positively, young lady" -
Colonel
Wellmere was interrupted by a laugh from a person who had hitherto been unnoticed.
The idea of picturing the graceful Peyton Dunwoodie as a shop boy could never enter the mind of Sarah, and she looked around her in surprise, when the
colonel
continued,-"This Mr. Dun - Dun - ""Dunwoodie!
"His money appears to have been thrown away," observed the colonel, betraying the spleen he was unsuccessfully striving to conceal.
"Why, no - one would think he could not; the eldest son of a man of wealth, so handsome, and a colonel."
Frances quickly answered, "And is not Henry loyal to his king?""Come, come," said Miss Peyton, "no difference of opinion about the
colonel
- he is a favorite of mine."
repeated the
colonel
slowly, "surely I have met the gentleman before."
Frances smiled with something of natural archness of manner, as she contemplated the grotesque appearance of the bald-headed practitioner; but Sarah was too much agitated, with the surprise of the unexpected interview with the British colonel, to observe him.
The surprise of the meeting had in some measure overpowered her, and after receiving the salutations of the colonel, she had risen, in compliance with a signal from her observant aunt, to withdraw.
"Your pardon, sir," repeated the
colonel
stiffly.
"For which I thank Captain Wharton," said the surgeon, proceeding coolly to arrange his amputating instruments, with a formality that made the
colonel'
s blood run cold.
In what manner might you have received this wound, sir?""From the sword of a rebel dragoon," said the colonel, with emphasis.
"I care not where the dragoons are, but I will swear that I saw Captain Lawton enter the house of old Wharton, while I lay watching an opportunity of getting the British
colonel'
s horse from the stable."
Even Captain Lawton had been received with many and courteous inquiries after the state of his health, from all the members of the family, when he made his morning entrance; but an invisible spirit presided over the comforts of the English
colonel.
In the meantime, Henry Wharton entered the apartment of Wellmere, and by his sympathy succeeded in restoring the
colonel
to his own good graces.
"In short, Wharton," said the colonel, putting one leg out of bed, "it may be called a combination of untoward events; your own ungovernable horse prevented my orders from being carried to the major, in season to flank the rebels."
"Aye, and that in double-quick time," cried the colonel, making the other leg follow its companion.
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