See also:

• NICOLAS
• NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS (1799–1848)

NICOLAS See also:

• FERNANDEZ, ALVARO
• FERNANDEZ, DIEGO
• FERNANDEZ, JOHN (Joao, Joam)
• FERNANDEZ, JUAN (fl. c. 1570)
• FERNANDEZ, LUCAS

FERNANDEZ DE See also:

• MORATIN, LEANDRO ANTONIO EULOGIO MELITUN FERNANDEZ DE (176o-1828)
• NICOLAS FERNANDEZ DE MORATIN (1737-1780)

MORATIN (1737-1780)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish poet and dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MADRID

Madrid in 1737 . He was educated at the Jesuit See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College in See also:

• CALATAYUD

Calatayud and afterwards studied 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 the university of See also:

• VALLADOLID

Valladolid . In 1772 he was called to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar; four years afterwards he was nominated to the 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 of See also:

• POETRY

poetry at the imperial college . He died on the 11th of May 1780 . A See also:

• PARTISAN, or PARTIZAN

partisan of See also:

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

French methods, See also:

• MORATIN, LEANDRO ANTONIO EULOGIO MELITUN FERNANDEZ DE (176o-1828)
• MORATIN, NICOLAS FERNANDEZ DE (1737-1780)

Moratin published in 1762 his Desengano at teatro espanol, a severe See also:

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

criticism of the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama, particularly of the auto sacramental; and his protests were partly responsible for the See also:

• PROHIBITION (Lat. prohibere, to prevent)

prohibition of autos three years afterwards (See also:

• JUNE

June 1765) . In 1762 he also published a See also:

• PLAY

play entitled La Petimetra . Neither the Petimetra nor the See also:

• LUCRETIA

Lucretia (1763), an See also:

• ORIGINAL

original tragedy still more strictly in accordance with French conventions, was represented on the See also:

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

stage, and two subsequent tragedies, Hormesinda (1770) and Guzmdn el Buena (1777), were played with no See also:

• GREAT

great success . In 1764 Moratin published a collection of pieces, chiefly lyrical, under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of El Poeta, and in 1765 a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short didactic poem on the See also:

• CHASE
• CHASE, SALMON PORTLAND (1808-1873)
• CHASE, SAMUEL (1741–1811)
• CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT (1849– )

chase (See also:

• DIANA

Diana 6 ante de la caza) . His " epic See also:

• CANTO (from the Lat. cantus, a song)

canto" on the destruction of his See also:

• SHIPS

ships by See also:

• CORTES
• CORTES, HERNAN

Cortes (See also:

• LAS

Las Naves de Cartes destruidas) failed to win a See also:

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

prize offered by the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy in 1777, and was published posthumously (1785) . But a better See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of Moratfn's 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 is afforded by his anacreontic verses and by his Carta hist6rica sabre el See also:

• ORIGEN (c. 185-c. 254)

origen y progresos de las fiestas de taros en Espana . His See also:

• WORKS

works are included in the Biblioteca de autores espanoles, vol. ii .