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_Colonel Crop_ was only Colonel Crop; he enjoyed the rank of colonel, and that was all the rank that he could boast; he was tolerated at the castle; he dined occasionally with his lordship; and occasionally partook of the pleasure of shooting the birds which were cultivated on his lordship's estate.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 329, August 30, 1828 Various
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( "John Paul"); "Chad's Story of the Goose" and "Colonel Carter's Story of the Postmaster," from _Colonel Carter of Cartersville_, by F. Hopkinson Smith; "The British Matron," from _Our Old Home_, by Nathaniel
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) Various 1887
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'informed me, that it appears that Colonel Sir Thomas Prendergast, of the twenty-second foot, was killed at Malplaquet, Aug. 31, 1709; but no trace can be found of any _Colonel_ Cecil in the army at that period.
Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 James Boswell 1767
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I am sorry for what you call the Colonel's triumph and his enemy's humiliation.
The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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An unnamed Senior Colonel from the public engagement/communications department at ISAF headquarters made his opinion clear about exiting Afghanistan and COIN:
Jake Diliberto: Afghan Army: The Few, the Proud, the Unprepared Jake Diliberto 2010
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An unnamed Senior Colonel from the public engagement/communications department at ISAF headquarters made his opinion clear about exiting Afghanistan and COIN:
Jake Diliberto: Afghan Army: The Few, the Proud, the Unprepared Jake Diliberto 2010
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He called Colonel Moammar Gadhafi's claims of civilian casualties "outright lies."
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An unnamed Senior Colonel from the public engagement/communications department at ISAF headquarters made his opinion clear about exiting Afghanistan and COIN:
Jake Diliberto: Afghan Army: The Few, the Proud, the Unprepared Jake Diliberto 2010
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He called Colonel Moammar Gadhafi's claims of civilian casualties "outright lies."
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He called Colonel Moammar Gadhafi's claims of civilian casualties "outright lies."
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