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profound regret I trust that you
I understand, however, that Commander Albuquerque made the amende honourable in a manner that was absolutely satisfactory to yourself, Señor; and, with the expression of my own personal profound regret, I trust that you will have the extreme generosity to allow the deplorable affair to be forgotten.”
— from The Cruise of the Thetis: A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection by Harry Collingwood

patriot ranks in the Ten Years
CALIXTO GARCIA One of the most gallant figures in the patriot ranks in the Ten Years' War and the War of Independence was that of Calixto Garcia e Iñiguez.
— from The History of Cuba, vol. 3 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

poor Rask I thought that you
Poor dog, poor Rask, I thought that you were in the English camp.
— from Under Sentence of Death; Or, a Criminal's Last Hours by Victor Hugo

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