Escurial
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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In spite of superficial resemblances, she was the very opposite of her most dangerous enemy�the weaving spider of the Escurial.
From Time Magazine Archive
However, he resigned this latter position in 1921, when President Harding nominated him Ambassador to the Palace of the Escurial.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among the former, whom should I recognize, to my infinite surprise and astonishment, but my faithful guide to Segovia and the Escurial.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
The argument, therefore, advanced by Mr. Rush, must, upon the face of the words of it, be held to give an imperfect view of the rights mutually acknowledged by the Treaty of the Escurial.
From The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery by Twiss, Travers
He justified himself, was acquitted, and died the superior of the convent of the Escurial.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Llorente, Juan Antonio
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