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An anonymous reviewer of the Spanish poet Nicolas Moratin’s Posthumous Works describes with admiration Moratin’s talent for improvisation, recounting the latter’s composition of a comedy on the subject of the defence of Melilla in 1775 in under six hours, by dictation. The author also describes a contest of improvisation between Moratin and the Italian improvisatore Talassi.

The author writes of Moratin’s inventive improvisation of poetry, and notes that his lines flow smoothly. An example of Moratin’s talent is highlighted in a contest between Mortain and Talassi—Moratin impressed the audience, despite the challenge of facing someone who improvised in Italian.