JUAN MELENDEZ See also:

• VALDES, JUAN DE (c. 1500-1541)

VALDES (1754-1817)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• RIBERA, GIUSEPPE (1588-1656)

Ribera del See also:

• FRESNO

Fresno, See also:

• BADAJOZ
• BADAJOZ (formerly sometimes written Badajos)

Badajoz, on the rith of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1754 . Destined by his parents for the priesthood, he graduated in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law at See also:

• SALAMANCA
• SALAMANCA (anc. Salmantica or Elmantica)

Salamanca, where he became indoctrinated with the ideas of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French philosophical school . In 178o with Batilo, a See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral in the manner of Garcilaso de la See also:

• VEGA, GARCILASO DE LA
• VEGA, GARCILASO DE LA (1503-1536)

Vega, he won a See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize offered by the Spanish See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy; next See also:

• YEAR

year he was introduced to See also:

• JOVELLANOS (or JovE LLANOS), GASPAR MELCHOR DE (1744-1811)

Jovellanos, through whose See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence he was appointed to a professorship at Salamanca in 1783 . The pastoral scenes in See also:

• LAS

Las Bodes de See also:

• CAMACHO, JUAN FRANCISCO (1824-1896)

Camacho (1784) do not compensate for its undramatic nature, but it gained a prize from the See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality of See also:

• MADRID

Madrid . A See also:

• VOLUME

volume of verses, lyrical and pastoral, published in 1785, caused Melendez See also:

• VALDES, JUAN DE (c. 1500-1541)

Valdes to be hailed as the first Spanish poet 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 . This success induced him to resign his See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair at Salamanca, and try his See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune in politics . Once more the friendship of Jovellanos obtained for him in 1789 a judgeship at See also:

• SARAGOSSA (Zaragoza)
• SARAGOSSA, COUNCILS OF (Concilia Caesarauguslana)

Saragossa, whence he was transferred two years later to a See also:

• POST

post in the See also:

• CHANCERY

chancery See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court at See also:

• VALLADOLID

Valladolid . In 1797 he dedicated to See also:

• GODOY, ALVAREZ DE FARIA, RIOS SANCHEZ Y ZARZOSA, MANUEL DE (1767-1851)

Godoy an enlarged edition of his poems, the new See also:

• MATTER

matter consisting principally of unsuccessful imitations of See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton and See also:

• THOMSON, JAMES (1822-1892)
• THOMSON, JAMES (1834-1882)
• THOMSON, JAMES (r700-1748)
• THOMSON, JOHN (1778-184o)
• THOMSON, JOSEPH (1858-1895)
• THOMSON, SIR CHARLES WYVILLE (1830-1882)
• THOMSON, THOMAS (1773-1852)
• THOMSON, WILLIAM (1819-189o)

Thomson; but the poet was rewarded by promotion to a high post in the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury at Madrid . On the fall of Jovellanos in 1798 Melendez Valdes was dismissed and exiled from the See also:

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

capital; he returned in 18o8 and accepted 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 under See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• BONAPARTE

Bonaparte . He had previously denounced the French usurper in his verses . He now outraged the feelings of his countrymen by the grossest flattery of his See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, and in 1813 he fled to See also:

• ALAIS

Alais . Four years later he died in poverty at See also:

• MONTPELLIER

Montpellier .

His remains were removed to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in 1900 . In natural See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent and in acquired accomplishment Melendez Valdes was not surpassed by any contemporary Spaniard; he failed from want of See also:

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

character, and his profound insincerity affects his poems . Yet he has See also:

• FINE

fine moments in various See also:

• VEINS

veins, and his See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of See also:

• JEAN

Jean Second's Basia is notable .