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The four encores -- two sweet, simple Neapolitan songs by Ernesto de Curtis; Xavier Montsalvatge's Afro-Cuban "Canto Negro"; and, the ultimate crowd-pleaser, the "Seguedille" from Bizet's "Carmen" ( "Près des remparts de Seville") -- were as good as anything in the set program, and left the crowd warmly pleased.
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“Sharárif” plur. of Shurráfah = crenelles or battlements; mostly trefoil-shaped; remparts coquets which a six-pounder would crumble.
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'Il dit la deuxième messe dans une masure sur les remparts de Saint-Denis, sur la même femme, avec les mêmes cérémonies ....
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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I thought I would slip away unnoticed and join you after you had made the _tour des remparts_.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol William John Locke 1896
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The _gardien des remparts_ issued from his lodge at Aristide Pujol's summons and listened respectfully to his exhortation in Provençal.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol William John Locke 1896
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"Sharárif" plur. of Shurráfah = crenelles or battlements; mostly trefoil-shaped; remparts coquets which a six-pounder would crumble.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Apres avoir changé les chevaux, Bonaparte continuant sa route, passa sous les murs de la ville, au milieu des cris repetés de "Vive le Roi," que firent entendre les habitants accourus sur les remparts.
Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. Archibald Alison 1829
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Trois mois après un scrutin législatif peu concluant, le nouveau Parlement irakien a tenu lundi sa première session derrière les remparts de la zone verte, le quartier
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Trois mois après un scrutin législatif peu concluant, le nouveau Parlement irakien a tenu lundi sa première session derrière les remparts de la zone verte, le quartier
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Danxia (China), Pitons, cirques et remparts of Reunion Island (France), Phoenix island protected Area (Kiribati); dinosaur Ichnites of the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal/Spain);
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