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Castro paused , and then murmured gruffly : Seņor , unless that Irishman is consulted beforehand , or the English lord would undertake to join with the picaroons , it is very assuredly ...
Castro paused , and then murmured gruffly : Seņor , unless that Irishman is consulted beforehand , or the English lord would undertake to join with the picaroons , it is very assuredly ...
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“ I told your worship how foolish and wrong - headed these English are , " he said sardonically to Carlos . And then to me , . If the seņor speaks loudly again , I shall kill him . " He was evidently very frightened of something .
“ I told your worship how foolish and wrong - headed these English are , " he said sardonically to Carlos . And then to me , . If the seņor speaks loudly again , I shall kill him . " He was evidently very frightened of something .
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But I do not even know whether those who take my goods are pirates , as you English say , or Mexican privateers , as the Havana authorities say . I do not very much care . Basta , what I know is that every week some ship with a letter ...
But I do not even know whether those who take my goods are pirates , as you English say , or Mexican privateers , as the Havana authorities say . I do not very much care . Basta , what I know is that every week some ship with a letter ...
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That was the eternal grievance of every Spaniard in the island —and of not a few of the English and Scotch planters . Spain was still in the throes of losing the Mexican colonies when Great Britain had acknowledged the existence of a ...
That was the eternal grievance of every Spaniard in the island —and of not a few of the English and Scotch planters . Spain was still in the throes of losing the Mexican colonies when Great Britain had acknowledged the existence of a ...
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66 3 " I myself am nothing , " Ramon went on impassively ; " I am content that the island should remain English . It will never again be Spanish , nor do I wish that it should . But our little , waspish friend there " -he lifted one ...
66 3 " I myself am nothing , " Ramon went on impassively ; " I am content that the island should remain English . It will never again be Spanish , nor do I wish that it should . But our little , waspish friend there " -he lifted one ...
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