Lexicographical Neighbors of Espadas
Literary usage of Espadas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wanderings in Spain by Théophile Gautier (1853)
"These bills promised wonders; they announced eight bulls from the most famous
pasturages ; the picadores, Sevilla and Antonio Rodri- guez; and the espadas, ..."
2. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1890)
"13), espadas (swords, 14), oros or dineros (money, 15), and bastos (clubs, 16).
The Germans early employed other marks; herzen or roth (hearts, 17), ..."
3. Letters, Descriptive of Public Monuments, Scenery, and Manners in France and by Mrs Caroline Elizabeth Wilde Cushing, Caroline Elizabeth Cushing (1832)
"Fab- rica de espadas.— The Zocodover. to the Fonda del Arzobispo is situated the
Alcazar; and immediately after my arrival I walked out to see this famous ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Bullfighters proper, most of whom are Andalusians, consist of espadas (or ...
For each bull-fight two or three espadas arc engaged, each providing his own ..."
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