Seville
['sevil;sə'vil]
Examples
- We might be seeing it all this spring--even the Easter ceremonies at Seville, he urged, exaggerating his demands in the hope of a larger concession. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Figaro of Seville, famed as he was, was none superior to the Lancashire barber. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I have heard two very intelligent critics speak of Murillo's Immaculate Conception (now in the museum at Seville,) within the past few days. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Easter in Seville? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- In the Eleventh Century the vessels of the King of Tunis, in the attack on Seville, are said to have had on board iron pipes from which a thundering fire was discharged. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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