Bécquer

[ be-ker ]

noun

1. Gus·ta·vo A·dol·fo [goos-, tah, -vaw ah-, thawl, -faw], 1836–70, Spanish poet.

Example Sentences

Becquer entered upon his new labors in 1861, and was a fairly regular contributor until the suppression of the paper.

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Becquer was passionately fond of his children, and succeeded in keeping them with him after the separation from his wife.

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Becquer, with extreme punctiliousness, tendered his resignation as censor of novels.

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Zorilla has been said to be Becquer's most immediate precursor, in that he possesses the same instinct for the mysterious.

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Whatever Becquer may have owed to Heine, in form or substance, he was no servile imitator.

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