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I have heard the manner of riding of an English jockey criticized, but it was by the idiotic heir of Medina Celi, and not by a picador of the Madrilenian bull-ring.

From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

The girl was absolutely free in her talk and had a thorough, finished knowledge of all the Madrilenian phrases and wiles.

From The Quest by Goldberg, Isaac

This severe, melancholy landscape of the Madrilenian suburbs, with their bleak, cold gloominess, penetrated into Manuel's soul.

From The Quest by Goldberg, Isaac

Manuel had seen no other fields than the sad, rocky meadows of Soria and the still sadder ones of the Madrilenian suburbs.

From The Quest by Goldberg, Isaac

Baltasar.—Not among the young people; the greater part of the Madrilenian Carlists capable of bearing arms departed long ago to join the ranks of the factious in the Basque provinces. 

From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry