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)

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

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

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

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

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

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