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The manner of a Cuban is as stiff and hidalgoish as that of any old Spaniard; in fact, so far as my short acquaintance with the mother country and the colony enables me to judge,
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray
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He was a man whose wrinkled visage strangely contrasted with his still gallant figure, scrupulously attired; a blue frock-coat with a ribboned button-hole, a well-turned boot, hat a little too hidalgoish, but quite new.
Tancred Or, The New Crusade Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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Lord Beaconsfield described "a still gallant figure, scrupulously attired; a blue frock coat, with a ribboned button-hole; a well-turned boot; hat a little too hidalgoish, but quite new.
Collections and Recollections George William Erskine Russell 1886
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