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  • The Uhlan is my comrade and friend; he may be more than that some day.

    Lorraine A romance 1899

  • Whether Schmeling liked it or not — some claim he did, others that he didn't — the boxer known as the "Black Uhlan of the Rhine" was Adolf Hitler's poster boy.

    The Standard Bearer 2010

  • So far as I could learn, but a single casualty happened; this occurred to an Uhlan, wounded by a shot which it was reported was fired from a house after the town was taken; so, to punish this breach of faith, a levy of several hundred bottles of champagne was made, and the wine divided about headquarters, being the only seizure made in the city,

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • The Von Kleist's Uhlan dismounted band, while purely decorative and thus useless in battle, would be great when the Frei Korps parades.

    All Hallows Eve Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • In the latter she disguises herself as a Uhlan, in order to save her father, who is in prison; and the Ravenswing looked so fascinating in this costume in pantaloons and yellow boots, that Slang was for having her instantly in Captain Macheath, whence arose their quarrel.

    Mens Wives 2006

  • Uhlan she jumps on his knee like a kitten ... a little white one ... and the pan-father and pan-mother look on and allow it ...

    The Brothers Karamazov 2003

  • They allow it ... and next day the Uhlan comes and offers her his hand ....

    The Brothers Karamazov 2003

  • Only the man who had the next bed, a stout Uhlan, continued to sit on his bed, gloomily frowning and smoking a pipe, and little one-armed Tushin still listened, shaking his head disapprovingly.

    War and Peace 2003

  • In the room there was hanging over the sofa a portrait in oils of the master, in the Uhlan uniform.

    A Sportsman's Sketches 2003

  • Only, a Uhlan had brought her to Russia before that, my future wife, with her mamma and her aunt, and another female relation with a grown-up son.

    The Brothers Karamazov 2003

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