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Espartero

American  
[es-pahr-te-raw] / ˌɛs pɑrˈtɛ rɔ /

noun

  1. Baldomero Count of Luchana 1792–1879, Spanish general and statesman.


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Under this second regime of Espartero the Church suffered even more cruelly than before.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)

Whilst Espartero was Regent, she professed unbounded attachment to him, insisted having the portrait of her "caro amigo" hung in her room, and seemed proud of showing it to all her visitors.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various

The government of Espartero, capable of every evil, incapable of good, finally fell into odium with the people.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)

Espartero crushed with much energy a revolutionary rising in Barcelona, but on his return to Madrid was so coldly welcomed that he perceived that his prestige was on the wane.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

Espartero soon, however, in 1840, stamped out the last embers of the rising, which had lasted seven years.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

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