See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

VICTOR See also:

• VICTOR BALAGUER (1824-19o1)

BALAGUER (1824-19o1)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish politician and author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BARCELONA

Barcelona on the 11th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1824, and was educated at the university of his native See also:

• TOWN

town . His precocity was remarkable ; his first dramatic See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay, Pepin el.jorobado, was placed on the Barcelona See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage when he was fourteen years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, and at nineteen he was publicly " crowned " after the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of his second See also:

• PLAY

play, See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don Enrique el Dadivoso . From 1843 to 1868 he was the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the Liberal party in Barcelona, and as proprietor and editor of El Conseller did much to promote the growth of See also:

• LOCAL

local patriotism in See also:

• CATALONIA (Cataluna)

Catalonia . But it was not till 1857 that he wrote his first poem in Catalan—a copy of verses to the Virgin of See also:

• MONTSERRAT
• MONTSERRAT, or MONSERRAT

Montserrat . Henceforward he frequently adopted the See also:

• PSEUDONYM (Gr. >l ev&,vuµos, having a false name, ¢Evirls, false and ovoµa, name)

pseudonym of "lo Trovador de Montserrat"; in 1859 he helped to restore the " Juegos Florales," and in 1861 was proclaimed mestre de See also:

• GAY, JOHN (1685-1732)
• GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

gay saber . He was removed to See also:

• MADRID

Madrid, took a prominent See also:

• PART

part in See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LIFE

life, and in 1867 emigrated to See also:

• PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence . On the See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

Isabella, he returned to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, represented See also:

• MANRESA

Manresa in the See also:

• CORTES
• CORTES, HERNAN

Cortes, and in 1871-1872 was successively See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of the colonies and of See also:

• FINANCE

finance . He resigned See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office at the restoration, but finally followed his party in rallying to the See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty ; he was appointed See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress, and was subsequently a senator . He died at Madrid on the 14th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1901 . See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long before his See also:

• DEATH

death he had become alienated from the advanced school of Catalan nationalists, and endeavoured to explain away the severe See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism of See also:

• CASTILE, or CASTILLE (Castilla)

Castile in which hisHistoria de Cataluna y de la See also:

• CORONA (Lat. for " crown ")

Corona de See also:

• ARAGON, or ARRAGON (in Span. Aragon)

Aragon (186o-1863) abounds . This See also:

• WORK

work, like his Historia politica y literaria de los trovadores (1878-1879), is inaccurate, partial and unscientific; but both books are attractively written and have done See also:

• GREAT

great service to the cause which See also:

• BALAGUER, VICTOR (1824-19o1)

Balaguer once upheld . As a poet he is imitative reminiscences of See also:

• QUINTANA, MANUEL JOSE (1772-1857)

Quintana are noticeable in his patriotic songs, of Zorrilla in his See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• BALLADS

ballads, of See also:

• BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON, 6TH BARON (1788-1824)
• BYRON, HENRY JAMES (1834-1884)
• BYRON, HON
• BYRON, JOHN BYRON

Byron in his lyrical poems .

He wrote too hastily to satisfy See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic canons.; but if he has the faults he has also the merits of a See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer, and in Catalonia his name will endure .