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Hace 2 días · The Puritan polemicist William Prynne objected to ‘amorous, mixt, lascivious dancing’ rather than that which was ‘grave, single, chaste and sober, men with men’. Prynne was made particularly anxious by the fact that the dances were ‘by select couple’ and that their figures included ‘amorous gestures, gropings, kisses, complements, love-trickes and wanton embracements’.
Hace 3 días · Sir William Coventry and the origin of the country party under Charles II. A.H.G. Cox. Manchester M.A. 1926. The parliamentary career of Sir William Coventry and of Mr. Henry Coventry. D.T. Witcombe.
Hace 1 día · Three rather different poets who, nevertheless, share a penchant for discursiveness are William Wordsworth, John Ashbery and J. H. Prynne. Here is an example of it in Wordsworth’s ‘Tintern Abbey’: That time is past, And all its aching joys are now no more, And all its dizzy raptures. Not for this Faint I, nor mourn nor murmer; other gifts
Hace 1 día · In 1637, John Bastwick, Henry Burton, and William Prynne had their ears cut off for writing pamphlets attacking Laud's views – a rare penalty for gentlemen, and one that aroused anger. Moreover, the Church authorities revived statutes from the time of Elizabeth I about church attendance and fined Puritans for not attending Anglican services.
Hace 3 días · The Henrician reformation had been received in Chester with acquiescence tempered by conservatism and expediency. Prominent townsmen who bought or rented ecclesiastical property included William Sneyd, Hugh Aldersey, and William Goodman, all former mayors, and the Dutton family.
Hace 2 días · The author is William Prynne, and his testimony, although biased, may be believed, since it accounts for what is otherwise puzzling. This is the siting of the church with its grand portico leading to nothing more than a false door behind the communion table.
Hace 5 días · Lilburne’s 1638 trial and punishment have been key elements of his legacy, in terms of both his approach to questioning and his defiance in the pillory.
