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- noun Plural form of
Sevillian .
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Examples
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The Sevillians were numerous and well skilled in the arts of war, and their ally, the King of Algarva, harassed the besiegers unceasingly.
History of the Moors of Spain M. Florian
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This grove is the favourite promenade of the Sevillians, and there one occasionally sees assembled whatever the town produces of beauty or gallantry.
George Borrow The Man and His Books Edward Thomas 1897
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Mármoles que mis manos Ah! Marble polished pulieron con tanto afán, with such care, by my hands, mañana os contemplarán tomorrow the Sevillians los absortos sevillanos; will gaze at you, astonished:
Don Juan Tenorio Jos�� Zorrilla 1855
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Mañana a los sevillanos Tomorrow, the Sevillians, aterrará el creer que a manos thinking I fell at my victim's hands, de mis víctimas caí. will be astonished, it's true.
Don Juan Tenorio Jos�� Zorrilla 1855
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Jerez a los sevillanos, Sherry for the Sevillians, then, don Rafael. a Don Rafael.
Don Juan Tenorio Jos�� Zorrilla 1855
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Fanatic and vain as the Sevillians still are, and bigoted as they remain to their own customs, they know that good, in one instance at least, can proceed from a foreign land, and that land a land of heretics; inveterate prejudice has been shaken, and we will hope that this is the dawn of their civilization.
The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842
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I was now once more in beautiful Seville and had soon ample time and leisure to enjoy its delights and those of the surrounding country; unfortunately, at the time of my arrival, and indeed for the next ensuing fortnight, the heaven of Andalusia, in general so glorious, was overcast with black clouds, which discharged tremendous showers of rain, such as few of the Sevillians, according to their own account, had ever seen before.
The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842
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This grove is the favourite promenade of the Sevillians, and there one occasionally sees assembled whatever the town produces of beauty or gallantry.
The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842
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Sevillians, all fresh for action, were enabled to cover the shattered remains of the Spaniards, and beat off the assaults of their enemies till the break of morn, when they vanished like so many foul birds of night into the recesses of the mountains.
The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 William Hickling Prescott 1827
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Fanatic and vain as the Sevillians still are, and bigoted as they remain to their own customs, they know that good, in one instance at least, can proceed from a foreign land, and that land a land of heretics; inveterate prejudice has been shaken, and we will hope that this is the dawn of their civilization.
The Bible in Spain 1712
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