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See also:FELIX MARIA DE See also:SAMANIEGO (1745-1801) , See also:Spanish fabulist, was See also:born at Laguardia (See also:Alava) on the 12th of See also:October 1745, and was educated at See also:Valladolid . A See also:government See also:appointment was secured for him by his See also:uncle the See also:count de Penaflorida . His Fdbulas (1781-1784), one See also:hundred and fifty-seven in number, were originally written for the boys educated in the school founded by the Biscayan Society . In the first See also:instalment of his fables he admits that he had taken See also:Iriarte for his See also:model, a statement which proves that he had read Iriarte's fables in See also:manuscript; he appears, however, to have resented their publication in 1782, and this led to a rancorous controversy between the former See also:friends . See also:Samaniego holds his own in the matters of quiet See also:humour and careless See also:grace, and his popularity continues . He died at Laguardia on the iith of See also:August iSo, . |
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