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Hooft

/ hoːft /

noun

  1. HooftPieter Corneliszoon15811647MDutchWRITING: poetHISTORY: historianWRITING: writer Pieter Corneliszoon (ˈpiːtər kɔrˈnɛːlisoːn). 1581–1647, Dutch poet, historian, and writer: noted esp for his love poetry and his 27-volume History of the Netherlands (1626–47)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Hooft was essentially a student and a scholar; a thinker rather than a fighter.

Spiegel was followed by a more celebrated poet, Peter Hooft, who gave sweetness and harmony to Dutch verse.

Quite a contrast was the young aristocrat, Peter Cornelius Hooft, of whom we have already spoken.

Hooft was a patrician of the patricians, and was the most accomplished and elegant man of his day, the first gentleman of his age.

She continued her relations with the charming circle of her admirers, and corresponded with Hooft in Italian.

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