I was reminded yesterday, Frederick, about William Prynne, who hated
dancing, and the Court, but kept on going well into the Restoration,
yet had his ears cut off repeatedly for his pains.
2008/5/30 Frederick Pollack <[log in to unmask]>:
> The issue of Prynne's deafness (HAS it been resolved?) got in the way of David's original question: Is Prynne trying to write English while thinking Mandarin? And if so, is there any point to it?
>
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David Bircumshaw
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