"The alcalde is a great observer," remarked Fray Sibyla in a meaning tone.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Social Cancer] Reference

The alcalde was the politician, knowing the affairs of the world and speaking familiarly of the King and the Queen and the.    From Wordnik.com.  [1492] Reference

The country owed much to Mr. Colton's work while alcalde.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of California] Reference

"Ah, Dios!" said the alcalde, drawing involuntarily back.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 567, September 22, 1832] Reference

“But how do you know all this?” demanded the alcalde.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Alhambra] Reference

The only other official was the local alcalde of each community.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of California] Reference

“Hey! — how! — what is that you say?” cried the alcalde.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Alhambra] Reference

Christino alcalde, with whom I fell in the other morning upon the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846] Reference

"Sufficiently convinced," said the alcalde; yet breathless with fear.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 567, September 22, 1832] Reference

I had been there before, as related, in the business of the alcalde Nash.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference

Each pueblo was ruled by an alcalde, or mayor, and council, chosen by the people.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of California] Reference

When he addressed them in Spanish, they went wild, chanting, "¡Viva el alcalde!".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Town's Two Faces] Reference

The strongest representations and protests were made to the alcalde of Cubagua, whither.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference

Carlos Alexander, the alcalde of Escribanos, had made a good thing out of the gold mania.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands] Reference

He had a very pretty white wife, who joined us; and then the alcalde politely offered me a.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands] Reference

Cuando el alcalde apareció para decir quién firmó los cheques la gente no paró de abuchearlo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Venezuela: Kusturica's Visit Becomes Political] Reference

He then took a basin under his arm, and sallied forth to the house of his daily customer the alcalde.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Alhambra] Reference

Once only I took a thief caught in the act before the alcalde, and claimed the administration of justice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands] Reference

I found him desperately angry, but somewhat nervous too, for the alcalde was known to be no friend to the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands] Reference

I could perceive that the alcalde and the friar lay senseless, whether from fear or from wounds, I could not tell.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 567, September 22, 1832] Reference

The Rev.Mr. Colton, chaplain of the warship Congress, was made alcalde of Monterey, and his book on those times is most interesting.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of California] Reference

The alcalde has jurisdiction in all municipal matters, and in cases for minor offences, and for debt in sums not over one hundred dollars.    From Wordnik.com.  [What I Saw in California] Reference

During this unsettled period (1849), the "judge of first instance," or alcalde, sat each day in the little school-room on the plaza of San.    From Wordnik.com.  [The California Birthday Book] Reference