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was entrusted by Velasquez to the
{90} CHAPTER VIII T he new Mexican expedition was entrusted by Velasquez to the leadership of the greatest of all the Spanish conquistadors, Hernando Cortez, then Alcalde of Santiago de Cuba.
— from The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

who escaped being very timid through
For in that battle the part of the enemy which was defeated had perished; but few perished of the troops of Cassius, though they were put to flight, and those who escaped being very timid through their former defeat, filled the chief part of the army with despondency and confusion.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 4 (of 4) by Plutarch

would even be visible to the
For five or six years it would even be visible to the naked eye, so that the race, or what remained of the race, would have plenty of time to think things over and put its house in order.
— from The Prairie Child by Arthur Stringer

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