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for the purpose of enabling the reader to compare more easily the periods in which they flourished. They are, it will be observed, twelve in number, and the list has been divided into two parts, as marking an evidently distinctive character of the poetry in the former and latter part of the epoch which they have rendered memorable.

PART I.
I.	Jovellanos	Born 1744.	Died	1811.	Age 67.
II.	Iriarte	Born 1750.	Died	1791.	Age 41.
III.	Melendez Valdes	Born 1754.	Died	1817.	Age 63.
IV.	Leandro Moratin	Born 1760.	Died	1828.	Age 68.
V.	Arriaza	Born 1770.	Died	1837.	Age 67.
VI.	Quintana	Born 1772.	Living	1851.	Age 79.
PART II.
VII.	Martinez de la Rosa	Born 1789.	Living	1851.	Age 62.
VIII.	The Duke de Rivas	Born 1791.	Living	1851.	Age 60.
IX.	Breton de los Herreros	Born 1796.	Living	1851.	Age 55.
X.	Heredia	Born 1803.	Died	1839.	Age 35.
XI.	Espronceda	Born 1810.	Died	1842.	Age 32.
XII.	Zorrilla	Born 1817.	Living	1851.	Age 34.

 

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