Capel Lofft was a British lawyer, writer and amateur astronomer. Capel Lofft. Portrait by William Ridley, 1802. Born, (1751-11-14)November 14, 1751
Capel Lofft is an editor, Tory Socialist and High Church Anglican who likes a drink, a pie and a hearty rendition of “God Save the Queen”.
Capel Lofft
Lawyer and writer
Capel Lofft was a British lawyer, writer and amateur astronomer. Wikipedia
Born: November 14, 1751, London, United Kingdom
Died: May 26, 1824 (age 72 years), Moncalieri, Italy
Children: Laura Capel Lofft and Capel Lofft
Partner: Sarah Watson Finch
Spouse: Anne Emlyn (m. 1778)
Books
Laura; or, An anthology of sonnets ... and elegiac quatorzains, English, Italian [&c.] original and translated. With a preface, notes
1813
Aphorisms from Shakespeare: Arranged According to the Plays, &c. with a Preface and Notes: Numerical References to Each Subject; and a Copious Index ...
Observations on Mrs. Macaulay's History of England, (lately Published) from the Revolution to the Resignation of Sir Robert Walpole. In a Letter Addressed to that Lady. By Capel Lofft
1778
Observations on a Late Publication, Entitled "A Dialogue on the Actual State of Parliament,": And Also on a Treatise Entitled "Free Parliaments." With Remarks on Mr. Hatsell's Argument Concerning Annual Elections, and on the Letter to Mr. Sinclair
1783
On the Revival of the Cause of Reform in the Representation of the House of Commons in Parliament
1809
Remarks, Critical, Conjectural, and Explanatory, Upon the Plays of Shakspeare; Resulting From a Collation of the Early Copies, With That of Johnson and Steevens, Ed. by Isaac Reed, Esq., Together With Some Valuable Extracts From the Mss. of the Late Right
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One last thought before I sign off. If you're feeling angry and upset about today's abomination, and can afford it, donate to your local hospice. That's what I will do tomorrow. May some tiny sliver of good come out of this at least
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I am going to take a break from this place after today for at least a few days. I think I will go off and read Jeremiah and Isaiah. Can't help feeling that they are about the only books that sum up my feelings atm
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Imagine if every single anti-racist campaigning organisation came out against a bill. Do you think it would pass? Well every single disability rights charity came out against assisted suicide and they passed it. Says everything about the weight placed on disability rights
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The supporters of assisted suicide are too squeamish/dishonest/ashamed to even accept a factual description of what they have supported today, the day they passed the bill. We are in for years of denial, obfuscation and failing to take responsibility. They are cowards
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If you openly make a moral argument based on your faith, you get sneered at. If you say, ok then, I'll make a broader argument that also appeals to secular people, the same people say 'you're being dishonest'. So basically you want to hound people of faith out of public
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Lofft was associated with movements for constitutional, legal, and religious reform. He was a strong critic of the British government's attempt to re-assert ...
Abstract: The papers consist of letters, poems by both William Smith and others, newspaper clippings and other material related to Smith's career in the theater ...
Capel Lofft (1751-1824) was from a wealthy Suffolk family and, at one time, was the owner of both Stanton Hall and Troston Hall.
Capel Lofft, his first name sometimes written as Capell, was an English lawyer but he supplemented this with occasional forays into writing poetry.
Results ˇ The Farmer's Boy: A Rural Poem ˇ The Farmer's Boy: A Rural Poem ˇ Paradise lost. ˇ Paradise lost. ˇ Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs. ˇ Rural Tales, Ballads, ...
Capel Lofft, English radical editor and writer. Scope and arrangement. To Thomas Hill, book collector : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Feb 1800 ...