Vondel

/ (Dutch ˈvɔndəl) /

noun

Joost van den (ˈjoːst vɑn dən). 1587–1679, Dutch poet and dramatist, author of the Biblical plays Lucifer (1654), Adam in Exile (1664), and Noah (1667)

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Words nearby Vondel

vomiturition, vomitus, von, Von Békésy, von Braun, Vondel, von Economo's disease, von Euler, von Gierke's disease, von Graefe's sign, von Hippel-Lindau disease

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Example sentences from the Web for Vondel

Vondel lived in a memorable epoch and was its personification.
Vondel's Lucifer|Joost van den Vondel
To Vondel truly "the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handiwork."
Vondel's Lucifer|Joost van den Vondel
Poor Vondel kept a hosier's shop, which he left to the care of his wife, while he indulged his poetical genius.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)|Isaac D'Israeli
Save among the clergy, Vondel's Romanism seemed now no longer to cause much comment.
Vondel's Lucifer|Joost van den Vondel

Calvinism had shown itself an enemy of the arts, of poetry, and of the drama; and these were as the very soul of Vondel.
Vondel's Lucifer|Joost van den Vondel

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