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 Torr’s MSS.,Torre (Sir) (1 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Torralba (Doctor),
 
who resided some time in the court of Charles V. of Spain. He was tried by the Inquisition for sorcery, and confessed that the spirit Cequiel took him from Vall’adolid’ to Rome and back again in an hour and a half. (Pelicer.)   1
 


 Torr’s MSS.,Torre (Sir) (1 syl.). 

 
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