JOSE AGOSTINHO DE See also:

• JOSE AGOSTINHO DE MACEDO (1761-1831)

MACEDO (1761-1831)  , Portuguese poet and See also:

• PROSE

prose writer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BEJA (or BiJA)
• BEJA (probably the ancient Pax Julia)

Beja of plebeian See also:

• FAMILY

family, and studied Latin and See also:

• RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric with the Oratorians in See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon . He became professed as an Augustinian in 1778, but owing to his turbulent See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character he spent a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison, and was constantly being transferred from one See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent to an-other, finally giving up the monastic See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit to live licentiously in the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital . In 1792 he was unfrocked, but by the aid of powerful See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends he obtained a papal brief which secularized him and permitted him to retain his ecclesiastical status . Taking to See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal-ism and See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching he now made for himself a substantial living and a unique position . In a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short time he was recognized as the leading See also:

• PULPIT (from Lat. pulpitum, a staging, platform: equivalents are Fr. chaire d'eglise, Ital. pulpito, Ger. Kanzel)

pulpit orator of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, and in 1802 he, became one of the royal preachers . See also:

• MACEDO, JOSE AGOSTINHO DE (1761-1831)

Macedo was the first to introduce from abroad and to cultivate didactic and descriptive See also:

• POETRY

poetry, the best example of which is his notable transcendental poem Meditation (1813) . His See also:

• COLOSSAL

colossal egotism made him See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to supersede See also:

• CAMOENS [CAMOES], LUIS VAZ DE (1524-1580)

Camoens as See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal's greatest poet, and in 1814 he produced See also:

• ORIENTE, OR LA REGION ORIENTALE

Oriente, an insipid epic notwithstanding its correct and vigorous See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, dealing with the same subject as the Lusiads—Gama's See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea route to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . This amended See also:

• PARAPHRASE (Gr. irapa¢pavis, from rrapa4p4av, to relate something in different words, 'raga, beside, and ¢pai"eav, speak, tell)

paraphrase met with a See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold reception, whereupon Macedo published his Censura dos Lusiadas, containing a See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute examination and virulent See also:

• INDICTMENT (from Anglo-Fr. enditernent, enditer, to charge; Lat. in, against, dictare, declare)

indictment of Camoens . Macedo founded and wrote for a large number of See also:

• JOURNALS

journals, and the See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone and See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper of these and his See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets induced his leading biographer to name him the " See also:

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

chief libeller " of Portugal, though at the time his jocular and satirical See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style gained him popular favour . An extreme adherent of See also:

• ABSOLUTISM

absolutism, he expended all his brilliant See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of invective against the Constitutionalists, and advocated a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• MASSACRE

massacre of the opponents of the Miguelite regime . Notwithstanding his priestly 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 and old See also:

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

age, he continued his aggressive journalistic See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign, until his own party, feeling that he was damaging the cause by his excesses, threatened him with proceedings, which caused him in 1829 to resign the See also:

• POST

post of See also:

• CENSOR (from Lat. censere, assess, estimate; in Gr. rt s ris)

censor of books for the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

Ordinary, to which he had been appointed in 1824 . Though his ingratitude was proverbial, and his moral character of the worst, when he died in 1831 he See also:

• LEFT

left behind him many friends, a See also:

• HOST

host of admirers, and a great but ephemeral See also:

• LITERARY

literary reputation .

His ambition to See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank as the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of letters led to his famous conflict with See also:

• BOCAGE (from O. Fr. boscage, Late Lat. boscum, a wood)
• BOCAGE, MANUEL MARIA BARBOSA DE (1765-1805)

Bocage (q.v.), whose poem Pena de Taliao was perhaps the hardest See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow Macedo ever received . His malignity reached its height in a satirical poem in six cantos, Os Burros (1812-1814), in which he pilloried by name men and See also:

• WOMEN

women of all grades of society, living and dead, with the utmost See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence of expression . His See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the Odes of See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace, and his dramatic attempts, are only of value as See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of the extraordinary versatility of the See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, but his See also:

• TREATISE

treatise, if his it be, A Demonstration of the Existence of See also:

• GOD

God, at least proves his See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of very high See also:

• MENTAL

mental powers . As a poet, his odes on See also:

• WELLINGTON
• WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF (1769-1852)

Wellington and the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander show true See also:

• INSPIRATION (Lat. inspirare, breathe upon or into)

inspiration, and the poems of the same nature in his See also:

• LYRA (" The Harp ")

Lyra anacreontica, addressed to his See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress, have considerable merit . See Memorias pares la See also:

• VIDA, MARCO GIROLAMO (c. 1489-1566)

vida intima de Jose Agostinho de Maceda (ed . Th . See also:

• BRAGA

Braga, 1899) ; Cartas e opusculos (1900) ; Censures a diversas obras (1901) . (E .