| 单词 | puritan |
| 例句 | “I have a puritan strain that might well have done so.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was also a man torn between deeply conflicting ideals, who harbored a profound resentment against many things that had been embedded in him during the early years of a puritan New England upbringing. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "What, are you a puritan who will not laugh?" she chided. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I’ve always been a puritan in this, so I count myself an unreliable witness. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But then I figured, Hey wait a minute, what law is there that says you have to be the token puritan of the movie business? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “You are ruined and undone by this sin!” a puritan’s voice rebuked. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z We see the persistence of this puritan impulse in what's sometimes referred to as "pearl clutching": a shocked, wide-eyed, disapproving stance of Oh, my! Why America is so weird about sex 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Here she is as a puritan, 10 years before the fun starts, in the 1650s. TV review: Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: 17th Century History for Girls; Hit & Miss 2012-05-22T22:00:01Z In the days leading up to the show, Wintrich claimed that it had been willfully ignored by the “progressive puritans” in the left-leaning art press. The Sad Attempt to Make Trumpism Cool 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Purists and puritans may balk at the book, both its tone and its way of proceeding. Fanny and Stella: The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England by Neil McKenna – review 2013-01-25T20:00:03Z I think what happened back in the seventies is that puritan America seemed somehow further away than it does now. “Writing about sex may have led me to writing about religion”: Tom Perrotta on theocracies, “The Leftovers” and why “The Scarlet Letter” is a coming-out story 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z And even I, often characterised as an anti-musical puritan, was reared on the genre. Snooty? Us? 2010-03-16T16:51:00Z When Lord Grosvenor raised a cup carved from Shakespeare’s mulberry tree, treating the “blest relic” as if it were a chalice filled with Communion wine, the eyebrows of the more puritan present were raised high. That Man From Stratford 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z Shaw once described Billy as "basically a cypher for the American puritan pilgrim traveling through adolescence." 'Jim Shaw: The End Is Here' taps public's id in a weird, humorous way 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z I think it's true generally of Anglo-Saxon puritan cultures, and that includes Britain – and the rest of the world values erotic capital and therefore you might say it was normal rather than abnormal. Catherine Hakim: charm school marm 2011-08-19T22:01:41Z He is not deluded or proud or murderous, just a dog in the manger, a grim Taliban-like puritan who has banned laughter. A Scheherazade for Our Times 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z "So tell me a bit about how the puritan hegemony came about in Anglo-Saxon cultures?" Catherine Hakim: charm school marm 2011-08-19T22:01:41Z "I once suggested that Coward was a puritan dandy with a Martini in one hand and a moral sampler in the other," he reminds us. What to say about ... Design for Living 2010-09-20T11:47:00Z Wokeism is a puritanical, destructive society that has been taken over by puritans, modern-day Huguenots who look at the world in this way and it has become a kind of fascism. "France" director Bruno Dumont on Léa Seydoux, digital media and how the "fake can generate truth" 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z R Mutt's exhibit was deemed too offensive and vulgar on the grounds that it was a urinal, a subject that was not considered a suitable topic for discussion among America's puritan middle classes. Putting modern art on the map 2012-08-24T20:35:17Z What are we going to do, become puritans? Free Brooklyn Concerts, Thanks to Borough President 2010-07-15T22:18:00Z Playboy, which first appeared on newsstands in December 1953, mocked America's puritan pretensions. Hugh Hefner in six volumes 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z This is a puritan province of the world, so you have to deal with that. Raul Ruiz and the ghosts on the battlefield 2012-08-20T17:37:40Z Increasingly isolating themselves to safeguard their puritan belief in a punishing God, the community gradually falls apart. Carsten Jensen's top 10 seafaring tales 2010-04-14T11:04:00Z Right; but isn't it reasonable to assume that the computers in puritan households have filters on them anyway? Why such outrage over porn filters? The idea seems perfectly reasonable to me 2013-07-26T14:15:00Z Yet Vargas Llosa had a point when he told me the professor of literature had read the novel "without humour, as puritans read books". Llosa's life should not eclipse his work 2010-10-07T16:30:00Z All this made me think of Ben Jonson and his puppets and his puritans. Ben Jonson, like Charb of Charlie Hebdo, sought to reduce zealots 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z He does — but then his puritans turn on the corrupt ruling class, including Cersei. ‘Veep’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ Echo Our Politics, as Farce and Tragedy 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Its puritan simplicity fell by the wayside when the model moved, exposing a leg-baring split up the front and a shimmery fabric that lent elegance and sparkle. A breath of fresh air at Chanel's Paris fashion show 2012-10-02T15:00:55Z The people of Salford play candlepin bowling — that smaller, harder version peculiar to New England: “a game of purity for former puritans.” Review | It’s been 18 years since Elizabeth McCracken’s last novel. ‘Bowlaway’ was worth the wait. 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z In a more recent epoch, the writers of Victorian England, fogged over with puritan fears and piqued perhaps by bursts of scientific revelations, contemplated civilization’s fall to plague, beast and Martian. Disaster Films Plague the Box Office 2013-07-19T18:26:49Z On this matter, he is closer to some 17th-century puritans than to the 20th- and 21st-century fundamentalists who claim to represent a divinely sanctioned people or nation or party. Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now 2011-07-21T11:45:29Z His son, Charles II, reopened Britain’s theaters after puritan insurgents forced their lengthy closure, and laid the groundwork for what is today’s West End. A King Who Actually Likes the Arts 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z It was puritan, but it was generous, too. St John's five rules for success: 'No music, no art, no garnishes, no flowers, no service charge' 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Daniel once wrote that he and his wife were “puritans among the fleshpots.” Reluctant First Lady? Melania Trump Wouldn’t Be the First to Claim That Title 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z No. Because Islam is not common in puritan cultures. Catherine Hakim: charm school marm 2011-08-19T22:01:41Z The hymnal was supposed to be a faithful translation into English of the original Hebrew psalms - puritans believed selected paraphrases would compromise their salvation. Hymnal that dates to 1640 could fetch $30M 2013-04-12T13:28:13Z This coterie of food purists — or puritans, perhaps — is hardly limited to New York. Have it our way or else, say New York chefs 2011-03-05T04:57:18Z The puritan impulse makes us praise art that proclaims its grim content. Floral fantasies: garden paintings reveal the radicalism of the Impressionists 2010-08-20T12:40:00Z Somewhere in your psyche, abstraction-haters, when you look at Twombly's lush colours you see a medieval stained-glass window: and the puritan in you wants to smash it. Are we a nation of abstract art snobs? 2011-07-07T16:37:59Z One got the sense of old-fashioned puritan severity. The wedding I almost ruined 2012-06-13T00:01:00Z It was a noble vision, democratic and modernist, but it was the vision of puritans. Does Stirling work? 2011-04-01T23:05:23Z Being a puritan, I believe it is good to know something. Interview: Gore Vidal 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z This is not to say that the average British hero is some strutting peacock and the American is a stern puritan. Stiff upper lip or man on the edge? How movies see real-life heroes 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z One day, a short sandy drive from his hero librarian’s home, a “butterscotch-and-peach painted concrete mosque” appeared to Mr Hammer: an outpost of the puritan, Saudi-funded Wahhabi ideologues taking root across the Sahel. Paper trail 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Both theatres were built outside of the city walls, in the so-called "liberties" outside control of the puritan City fathers. Theatre returns to Shakespeare's Shoreditch 2013-02-13T12:17:56Z Modernist design is puritan, but its fruits are Epicurean. Book review: ‘Sacred Spaces,’ a report on Modernism in religious buildinghs 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Brecht and his theories made all the running, both aesthetically and politically, chiming with the British leftwing puritan tradition, resulting in productions that were bare, cool, politically explicit. Simon Callow: Stanislavski was racked by self-doubt 2013-03-16T08:00:09Z Rollins play a puritan priest intent on destroying the devil’s instrument. Iggy Pop, Grace Jones and Henry Rollins sign on to silent rock movie 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Teenagers in puritan households may find themselves unable to access desperately needed information on sexual health. Why such outrage over porn filters? The idea seems perfectly reasonable to me 2013-07-26T14:15:00Z Neither prohibition lasted very long – only a decade or so in each case – but perhaps a whiff of those puritan impulses still lingers. Where are New York's theatre bars? 2011-08-04T10:48:14Z For someone on the puritan side of the Church, indulgences are not that easy to come by. This Week in Fiction: Tim Parks 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z Those years ushered in a heady era when, faced with the possibility of being killed, many young women cast aside what remained of their parents’s puritan morality and lived for the moment. Review | A tale of the free-spirited women who tangled with Orwell and other literary lions 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Maybe the puritans had something to do with it,” Pullman suggests. Philip Pullman: Why I love comics 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z That shape-shifting quality, along with a puritan’s work ethic, enables her to inhabit varied roles with the steadfastness of a rent-control tenant and has frequently brought rapturous reviews. 2010-01-22T04:01:00Z All theories about a drag act appealing to dour, northern puritans and thus packing this dying auditorium for eight weeks and possibly on till April are blown to the wind. Danny La Rue's Queen of Hearts: from the Guardian archive, 21 December 1972 2012-12-21T07:30:00Z Like many a Connecticut Valley puritan, Emily Dickinson was practical, inventive and private. Books of The Times: ‘The Gorgeous Nothings’ Shows Dickinson’s ‘Envelope Poems’ 2013-12-05T21:53:47Z In a few others, they challenge society’s more prudish and puritan tendencies. Natalia Arias’s ‘Femininity Beyond Archetypes’ photos strike unusual poses This inner puritan must wait for a degree of satisfaction until the last few scenes, when repentance, repugnance, or retribution return moral balance to the universe. Why the Iranian film industry is like Hollywood before 1969 2013-02-08T15:16:10Z The prospect of the feast fills the puritans with the fear of temptation. Babette's Feast: Julian Baggini savours the ultimate lockdown movie 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z But his reign soon was overshadowed by civil war between supportive royalists and Oliver Cromwell’s “Roundheads,” also known as puritans. 'Now & Then' ventures to London to explore a daguerreotype from 1839 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z The law is the Comstock Act, which Congress passed during the post-Civil War period of puritan reaction at the behest of one of the outstanding bluenoses of American history. Column: Conservative attacks on abortion depend on a law that courts have snubbed for 100 years 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Our nation was founded by puritans, so as soon as people had a laugh over Santos, inevitably someone would shake their finger disapprovingly. George Santos is the superstar MAGA deserves 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Republicans are quickly learning that most Americans really aren't the puritans they imagine them to be. Republicans learn the hard way that sex is still popular 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z At the time, the term “puritan” was a pejorative one; many people saw Puritans as holier-than-thou frauds who used religion to swindle their neighbors. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Worse, the puritan who controls the Production Code Administration is increasing his efforts to make pictures “gratuitously inoffensive,” lest the snow-white innocence of American viewers be stained. Review | Anthony Marra’s cinematic novel captures the intricate cruelties of war 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z “This country was founded by puritans, and many of those repressive attitudes linger on,” she says. Sex writing as literary parlor game? Why 27 writers decided to bare (almost) all 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z His biographer Andrew Gimson has called him the “Merry England PM” who depicts his opponents as joyless puritans. Has rule-breaker Boris Johnson met his match in ‘partygate’? 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z “Not only do they want more money, but they want more corporate money. Corporate money means it has to be more puritan.” OnlyFans reverses ban on pornography after backlash from users, sex workers 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Raised by rope, flames engulfing her sights, a priest holds a puritan porcelain doll taunting the familiar promise of a story involving wrongfully accused witches and judicial skullduggery — an early narrative fakeout. Review: The gothic terror and limited scares of 'The Unholy' bog down in tired tropes 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z He can choose history, complexity and sympathy, or he can bow to the bullies, the puritans and the witch burners. Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Sanchi represents a fascinating interplay of the pagan and the puritan spirit. How the Buddha Got His Face 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Being pragmatic and slightly puritan, we don’t let the kids watch TV, or ourselves drink alcohol, on weekdays. Italian lessons: what we've learned from two months of home schooling 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z The older generation, which lived through the civil war and subsequent puritan rule of the Taliban, was more optimistic. Optimism, fear and expectations mark first day of violence cut period in Afghanistan 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z He is yet another alleged puritan strangely drawn to Donald Trump. Meet the goon squad: Donald Trump's defense team is amazing — but not in a good way 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z “As if to say, ‘Women should know better’ ” — that they should avoid cracking wise out of some puritan sense of what is good and proper. For female leaders, humor is a blessing — unless it’s a curse 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z The baseball puritans are probably torn by this. Rangers let foul pop-up drop to give Mike Minor another shot at 200 strikeouts - Golf Digest 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z The sometimes austere looks at times summoned images or elements of puritans, nuns, and schoolmarms - all with a subversive fashion edge. Milan: Less is more at Prada, Arbesser keeps it personal 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Instead of living in fear of office puritans, aim to delight them. Go ahead and microwave fish, and other office lunch etiquette you should ignore 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z There was a puritan primitivism to it all, following the excesses of the 80s. How concrete became the ultimate lifestyle concept 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z On Twitter, people decried the move as misogynist and overly puritan. Tumblr is banning adult content, and it's already not going over well 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Gangs of self-appointed Muslim puritans — Salafists — roam the streets, and kidnappings and assassinations are common. How the War in Yemen Became a Bloody Stalemate — and the Worst Humanitarian Crisis in the World 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Behind Orwell’s windowpane theory of prose lies a puritan pride, a sense that the writer will be purified by a clean, sinewy style as by an early morning run and a cold shower. How to write the perfect sentence 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z As for Stormy Daniels, Peay said that Mormons were not puritans. Why do so many Mormons back Trump? Some say it's about the land 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z He's a puritan of morality and work ethics. Last of the Newsies? 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z It offered an “opportunity” to reinforce the midfield, to tilt the balance a little: maybe not the way some puritans would prefer, but back towards the centre. From crisis to topping La Liga: how Ernesto Valverde stabilised Barcelona 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z His father’s lineage was impeccably puritan: he was directly descended from the Plymouth governor William Bradford. Hugh Hefner obituary 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z She said the current university song lyrics suggested that "the commitment to truth, and to being the bearer of its light, is the special province of those of puritan stock. This is false". Why is Harvard putting puritans in the stocks? - BBC News 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z She was a Vermont puritan, and not a naturally warm person.” Three days with The Dice Man: ‘I never wrote for money or fame' 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z He's a puritan of morality and work ethics. Last of the Newsies? 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z “It’s back to 17th-century puritan values of new England at that time in which women were pretty low on the hierarchy.” Margaret Atwood: Handmaid's Tale sales boosted by fear of Trump 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z Grace, whom the adult Hugh would describe as running an unimpeachably puritan household, instructed him and his friends on the facts of reproduction from an illustrated book. Hugh Hefner obituary 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z "It's back to 17th century puritan values of new England at that time in which women were pretty low on the hierarchy". Margaret Atwood says Trump win boosted sales of her dystopian classic 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z People in the hinterlands, we think, are just different: all the adults are church-going puritans with a neatness obsession, and all the kids long to escape and finally be themselves. The intolerance of the left: Trump's win as seen from Walt Disney's hometown 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z At a table by the sanctuary’s carved screen, porter puritans sat with practitioners of what might be called the “chocolate-flavoring heresy.” Come to Church! There’s Beer 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z But puritans in Islam’s birthplace are wincing at their eviction from control first over public space, and now of time. Saudi Arabia adopts the Gregorian calendar 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Despite what puritans would like us to believe, is clearly some other factor at work besides simply diet and exercise. Air Pollution Is Linked to a Diabetes Marker 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z In 1964, Emrys Roberts, Plaid Cymru's general secretary, argued his party was scarcely known and seen as fanatical, old fashioned, puritan and almost synonymous with the Welsh language. Plaid Cymru's first MP 'helped change course of a nation' - BBC News 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z The Wahhabi establishment has evolved from a puritan reform movement into a bloated state bureaucracy. A Saudi Morals Enforcer Called for a More Liberal Islam. Then the Death Threats Began. 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z As political puritans pursue ever-more-perfect civic hygiene, and progressives pursue ever-more-comprehensive government, the crusade against “corruption” expands to cover a multitude of sins. The McDonnell decision and the corrupting crusade against ‘corruption’ 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Infidelity by public figures is seen as normal, and disapproval as a puritan obsession of uptight Americans or northern Europeans. Of creeps and crèches 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Rightwing news sites see him as some sort of pantomime villain, his words parsed relentlessly, any on-air chuckle or smile scorned with puritan zeal. ‘I work. I write. And do some politics’: Sidney Blumenthal talks Lincoln, Clinton and Trump 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z In any case, to the men deceived by the bed trick, whether swinish Bertram or the psychopathic puritan Angelo in Measure for Measure, the woman each desires is a conquest only. Bed tricks and broken women: Shakespeare's guide to love 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z English puritans had been fiercely anti-theatrical, so it’s no surprise that their American cousins should view actors and acting with deep suspicion. William Shakespeare: a quintessentially American author 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z At Jeddah’s annual festival, the organisers display the colourful costumes women used to wear before the puritans imposed the black abaya of the central desert on the whole country. One step forward, one step back 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z He compared the fight to keep a cross on government land or to battle same-sex marriage to the struggles of pilgrims and puritans who came to New England fleeing religious persecution nearly 400 years ago. Republicans in high stakes fight to woo late-deciding New Hampshire voters 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z Overt displays of confidence are anathema to the puritan, working class values that have historically defined American culture. Why Cam Newton is conservative white America's heel from hell 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z In fact, Porto’s enthusiasm for a man she saw as excessively puritan, antisocial, apathetic and unpredictable had run out long before. Why did two parents murder their adopted child? | Giles Tremlett 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Though he is Muslim, Bulatov is part of the People's Council, a nationalist group that is closely allied with the Russian Orthodox Church, strongly supports Putin and pursues a puritan agenda. Activists turn tolerant St. Petersburg into homophobic city 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Papists and puritans For centuries, the Church of England has been a broad one. Resurrection? 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Gould attributed this to a puritan heritage and culture of self-reliance. New Powerball Odds Are Part of America's Long Love Affair With Lotteries 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Upper-middle class professional types may pretend that they are cultural relativists, but they tend to live by old fashioned puritan values. Paul Krugman, Jeb Bush, Charles Murray And Laziness 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z But it is not completely impossible to understand, because if you were a puritan or a fundamentalist or just hated womens’ bodies, Picasso’s breasts are the kind of breasts you might find shocking. Picasso or bust: why Fox and other puritans find his work so shocking 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z In moderate Muslim-majority Bangladesh, decades of stealthy Saudi Salafist funding for madrassas and Islamic charities has created an underclass of poor, working-class young men shifting to a more puritan and confrontational strain of the religion. Closure from 1971 Bangladesh war comes at a high cost 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Answers in the affirmative run counter not just to one’s puritan instincts but to the nearly universal advice handed down by personal finance commentators. Should Retirees Seeking Income Go Into Debt? 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z The gathering of thousands of puritan conservatives wasn’t his most favorable audience then, and two years later, there’s no reason to believe it will be now. At CPAC, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker Seek to Survive 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Across much of Europe, Merkel—that Protestant minister’s daughter—is resented as a rigid, self-righteous puritan, while support for the E.U. has fallen to historic lows. The Astonishing Rise of Angela Merkel 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z The puritan seeks a religious solution to all earthly conflicts, and wishes to align his will with the will of God. Men without Women 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Even some of the ideological puritans in the House of Representatives usually aligned with the far-right fringe of the party want to stop talking about impeachment altogether. Conservatives Recognize Danger of Impeaching Obama 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z On a few points Anderson and the puritans are in alignment. Should Retirees Seeking Income Go Into Debt? 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z It developed a reputation for ruthlessness after launching car bomb attacks on rebel bases, executing minorities and forcing its puritan views on civilians. ISIS Threatens Al Qaeda as Flagship Movement of Extremists 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Abbott’s fiction offers a correction that is twofold: it describes both teen sex and the puritan hysteria it provokes. Megan Abbott and fiction for teens: 'Noir suits a 13-year-old girl’s mind' 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z I am not a puritan, but I prefer the greater intimacy that you can achieve through a shared exploration of each other's body and desires. Life without sex – it's better than you think 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z "It was almost a rebuff to the puritan attitude of the time, he just wanted people to enjoy themselves. Shin-kicking evolved from a variety of Cotswold wrestling." Knob throwing and cheese rolling 2014-05-03T23:48:58Z Far from wanting to keep sex in the private sphere, the puritans can't wait to drag it out in public. Sex and the French 2014-01-17T15:18:01Z Xi, who grew up in Mao's puritan China, is troubled by what he sees as the country's moral decline and obsession with money, said three independent sources with ties to the leadership. Xi Jinping hopes traditional faiths can fill moral void in China: sources 2013-09-29T21:05:17Z Their fondness for selecting unelectable puritans as candidates, as well as demographic changes, have allowed a well-funded, disciplined Democratic Party to dominate state politics. State politics: Guns, gays, drugs and taxes in Colorado 2013-08-29T15:01:25Z However much the puritan lobby might dislike this seamier side of human nature, at least the commercial nexus confined it to adults and kept it out of the reach of children. Porn: do we really want internet providers to be censors? 2013-06-29T23:01:06Z But nature and development don't run on a puritan basis of just punishment. Jeremy Grantham on how to feed the world and why he invests in oil 2013-04-16T08:00:00Z I am sure that such a stern puritan as Dacre pays his UK taxes like a gent. Press regulation: who has won? 2013-03-18T12:06:24Z "The usage of 'grief' is, almost certainly, as a substitute for 'god' in mild epithets – most likely originating from the puritan element in the Americas." India v England: fourth ODI live 2013-01-23T09:04:23Z Yes, sure: We’re authentic New England puritans, but really: What is a performance enhancing drug? Boston Red Sox: Reflections on an Epic Fail 2012-10-03T00:05:40Z But the flip side is that Salafist groups, or Muslim puritans, now receive most foreign financing. As Syrian War Drags On, Jihad Gains Foothold 2012-07-30T02:34:42Z Among the stipulations against firearms, pepper spray, placards, "hazardous and toxic chemicals", tents, frisbees, flick knives, strobe lights, vuvuzelas and those ever-lethal "oversized hats" is a somewhat puritan injunction banning "excessive food" from the stadiums. Taking a picnic to the Olympic park 2012-07-27T11:04:47Z It is quite probable that this dispute was envenomed by the inevitable jealousy between the main body of the Order and its puritan section known as the Reformed Congregation. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z But the New England puritans among us always wondered at one thing: His protection of clearly lazy, misbehaving, malcontent players. With Bobby Valentine On Board, Red Sox Fans Fasten Their Seat Belts 2012-04-04T17:35:37Z The following is a curious account of a puritan’s consultation with Dr. Hammey. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z This evidently decides the cause in favour of the partizans of lax morality, and furnishes them with victorious arms against the modern puritans. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z The puritans of New England had little regard for warmth in their places of worship, and it is not surprising that men wore muffs. England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z In a word, it is the religion of faith and love, the religion of the old puritans, of the martyrs and confessors of primitive times. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Pūr′itanism, a puritan manner of life: strictness of life: simplicity and purity of worship: the notions or practice of Puritans. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z His ordinances for the “Reformation of Manners,” the product of the puritan spirit, had but a transitory effect. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z Had he been a mere barrister at law he would long since have been forgotten, but he was an enthusiastic puritan of the presbyterian order, and a no less enthusiastic antiquary. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z He is a very good man," Christina answered sturdily; "there is something about that uncompromising puritan spirit that appeals to me. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z The simplest expression of the relations of praying and fighting was, perhaps, the blunt order of the puritan chief, “Put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry.” Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z "Assurance," said old Dod, the puritan, "may be attained: and what have we been doing all our lives, since we became Christians, if we have not attained it?" Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z He was fond of music and of art, and kept statues in Hampton Court Gardens which scandalized good puritans. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z He was a puritan in his attitude towards the play. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z These things, which the zealous puritan condemned as sheer idolatry, were part of a venerable cult that was hallowed by ancient custom, and had engrafted itself in luxuriant overgrowth upon Islam. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Cromwell and his praying puritans were dangerous men to meet in battle. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z His success made him odious to the anti-Spanish and puritan parties. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Very flattering this, especially to Bostonians, and their puritan fathers. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z The puritan fathers of the nabobs of this land loved them, and they had reason to do so. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z In the same puritan spirit they forbade the smoking of tobacco, the wearing of gaudy robes, and praying over the rosary. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z The stern puritans, nothing daunted, threw themselves at his feet, stretched out their necks, and cried: 'It were better to die than to submit to insult to our holy laws.' The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z Who but some impenetrable dunce or narrow-minded puritan in works of art ever read without delight the picture which Burns has drawn of the convivial exaltation of the rustic adventurer Tam o’ Shanter?’ Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Were your puritan forefathers to witness this, would they not exclaim, "Shame upon our degenerate sons, who will barter their religion and their birthright for the petty advantages of commerce!" Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z To tell you the truth, little puritan, I do not like you at all in your new masquerading suit: though it must be confessed that you play your part well. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z When Ibsen attacks that class of puritans and hypocrites who turn away their faces when they pass the entrance to a theatre, there is no hesitation about applauding him and imitating him. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z When the hour of deliverance struck, the company of defeated, disheartened, crushed, to all seeming, "reckless, lawless, godless" exiles came forth "transformed into a band of puritans." The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z Thou fell spirit of pride, prejudice, ignorance, and mauvaise honte! why didst thou beset me at that moment, and keep me, like a stiff-backed puritan, erect in the house of God? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Finally, he crowned their gratification while he drew upon himself the reprobation of the zealots and puritans among his neighbors, by throwing a wing out from his already spacious residence, expressly for a billiard-room. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z The demand for change in the kingdom long ago evolved into a struggle between puritans and progressives over the country’s future. In Saudi Arabia, Royal Funds Buy Peace for Now 2011-06-09T01:10:12Z They all eat at the canteen and are all ridiculously puritan. Are the Smurfs Crypto-Fascists? 2011-06-08T09:25:00Z The puritans also accepted Calvin's idea of independent church government. Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition 2011-06-03T02:00:23.737Z He did not like the puritans, and he told them why; to unking and to unbishop was “the parity” of their petty model of Geneva. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The loudest culprits are an unlikely alliance of triumphant Anglo-Saxon puritans, feminists and the tabloid wing of the press. Way of the World: A Dangerous Blurring of Distinctions 2011-05-24T14:50:05Z For religious puritans, the ban on women driving is a sign that the government remains steadfast in the face of a Western onslaught on Saudi traditions. Saudis Arrest Woman Leading Right-to-Drive Campaign 2011-05-24T00:54:30Z In 1992, few if any Americans thought Bill Clinton was a puritan when they elected him president. Letter From Washington: The Cinema of Sex in U.S. Politics 2011-05-22T18:50:04Z Mrs. Gray was of Scotch descent, and she had some of the old puritan spirit, to which, in the course of a long life, she had added a plenteous store of stubborn English prejudices. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z "In France, if you complain about this kind of behavior, you are branded a troublemaker and a puritan who is not at all seductive or attractive," says Nicole Bacharan, a political scientist. The Turning Point 2011-05-19T09:20:00Z When he puts on his travelling habits, he takes off his puritan habits, and makes light of doing things abroad which he would be the first to anathematize at home. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z Many opponents were religious puritans who object to the very idea of women being exposed to strangers outside their homes by driving. Saudis Arrest Woman Leading Right-to-Drive Campaign 2011-05-24T00:54:30Z A puritan tone of manners prevails; that is to say, with the mass of the well-to-do citizens, puritan manners are the beau-ideal of propriety and safety. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z It is, to a great extent, the strong-willed resistance of a highly impressionable puritan against the enticements of beauty,—their distracting and disquieting effect, and principally their power of sensuous suggestion. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z A complete answer to that question would necessitate a study of the position of artificers and labourers in the middle ages and a short history of the ideals of the well-to-do puritans. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z She is a Simon-pure puritan, prim as Priscilla, and her processes of reasoning are quite as broad as the edge of a razor. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z When the puritans abolished Christmas in 1647, they banned it twice over because it was both pagan and Popish. The politics of bank holidays 2011-04-29T10:56:49Z She did not approve of her husband's secretary; and Mrs. Meakin was one of those narrow, straight-laced puritans, who never cease to thank Providence that they are so pure. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z The attempt has been frequently made by a small puritan contingent, which has survived all these years, to resuscitate this dead sabbath and inflict it upon the world again. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z Between the brewer and the puritan the respectable working man with a normal thirst has been jockeyed out of his freedom. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z Not because he is a puritan, although he is, but because like any other coach he wants control. Pep Guardiola the purist and pragmatist oiling Barcelona's machine 2011-03-06T00:20:00Z A puritan, he says, may go to his brown bread crust with as gross an appetite as ever an alderman to his turtle. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z In television and in the news media, Mr. Berlusconi and his defenders have dismissed the demonstrations as purely political, calling his critics “moralists” and “puritans.” Italians Take to Streets in Frustration With Leader 2011-02-13T20:54:24Z The people who are trying to-day to resurrect the puritan sabbath are people who have got religion, but not much of anything else. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z The brewers and puritans have given the poor man a mean tippling-house to booze in, and deny him anything better. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z In Chicago, for all its philistinism, there is the condition of hope that is half the spiritual battle, whatever stockades the puritans try to build. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z Commissioned by King James I at the Hampton Court Conference in 1604, after he was persuaded by puritans that a new bible translation was needed, his version was published in 1611. Archbishop hails King James Bible 2011-01-01T01:45:55Z Even the beauties of the past troubled him; he had a puritan feeling that they were tainted. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z The ducking which ended the performance has been supposed to be a puritan improvement on what was before a religious ceremony, or mystery. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Amusement is regarded with a natural horror by the puritan, and the friends of the brewer see in it a dangerous alternative to the duty of the working man to drink. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z Jimmy managed the difficult task of suggesting betting opportunities without actually mentioning odds, points spreads and so on, in keeping with the puritan nature of the US networks in those days. Alan Pardew's arrival at Newcastle is already costing me money 2010-12-13T00:06:00Z I'm not a puritan on the subject but this is getting ridiculous, with so many sponsoring the shirts of clubs, too. Liverpool v Aston Villa - live! 2010-12-06T19:00:00Z So I’m not a puritan with my patients. A Conversation With Julian L. Seifter: A Nephrologist and Patient 2010-11-30T08:45:00Z Saudi-inspired Islamic puritans often referred to as Salafists -- meaning imitators of the ways of the Prophet and early Muslims -- became strong in Yemeni society. Al Qaeda finds in Yemen a society ripe for infiltration 2010-12-01T15:29:00Z The puritan ideal is to drive the drinker into dark secret places, and as far as possible make his surroundings uncomfortable and degrading. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z We shouldn't be trying to shout them down like some new puritans attempting to convert everybody. Felix Hernandez deserves to win Cy Young Award on his own merits 2010-11-18T20:16:00Z Whatever the economic rights and wrongs of these arguments, I detect a mean-spirited, puritan streak in them. The ants march on, but we'd be happier as grasshoppers 2010-08-01T20:00:00Z As a high-minded Scottish puritan with an urge to change society, politics might have seemed a logical choice. The rise and rise of SuperClegg 2010-05-14T06:00:00Z There is a distinct class element to this puritan agenda. Let girls wear Primark's padded bikinis 2010-04-15T09:00:00Z While the new normal may satisfy our puritan instinct, I sense something wrong in the equation. 2009-12-12T17:00:00Z Mrs. Robinson seemed to fit in well with her party’s puritan image. 2010-01-08T20:00:00Z The ritualist and the puritan conception of worship will probably always exist side by side, for they represent two opposite conceptions of religion which can never entirely blend. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Britain is depicted by these critical friends as a well-meaning, if blundering, commercialist, whose imperial adventures, like the amorous adventures of races unblessed by puritan Kultur, must be regarded as venial sins. The Sacred Egoism of Sinn Féin For a moment puritan and humanist were at one, and the printing presses of Germany turned out a stream of literature against the abuses of the papal system. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster Much more important than libraries and outraged puritans is the question of the form of the English novel. Sinister Street, vol. 2 “This is,” Mr. McKittrick said, “quite a fundamentalist party — it’s even, a lot of the activists in it are puritans.” 2010-01-08T20:00:00Z The elder Pliny would have been an extraordinary character even in a puritan age; he seems almost a miracle in the age of the Claudian Caesars. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius "Isn't it too lenient of the prettiest lady in London to allow a young puritan to take her to task in public?" he asked in his satirical voice. The Gambler A Novel She was a little woman with a colourless face, from which sparse grey hair was drawn with puritan severity. John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall If this were a fetch of human wit, it was in the austere zealot and puritan a mockery. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 How the grim puritan soldiers must have laughed at such a set of amateurs in the art of War. The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History Yet, as in mediaeval and puritan religious theory, there is in Seneca a strange conflict between pessimism and idealism. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Her puritan creed was powerless here as against her social training, and her sense of what so hideous a wrong as her husband's murder should exact from his son. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington I’m no prig or puritan, so putting it on that ground alone, it’s better not touched.” John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising It is much less beautiful than the earlier pictures, for his long flowing hair and beard have both been cut short, perhaps on account of sickness, or in deference to the new puritan ideas. Dürer Artist-Biographies We feel that Michelangelo desired to contrast the puritan and virile sobriety of this work with the voluptuous languor of the art of Lionardo. Michelangelo A statesman may be a puritan reformer, both in religion and morals, without being personally severe and devout. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Mary Swanwick usually went with high courage to meet the calamities of life, and just at present it is to be feared that she thus classified the stern puritan dame. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington Men are by fundamental disposition, in great measure, ritualist or puritan, ecclesiastically or individually minded, disciplinarian or mystical. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition Rome hitherto had been poor, she had been puritan. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern They had all put on the beautiful dress of the Garibaldi legion,—the tunic of bright red cloth, the Greek cap, or round hat with puritan plume. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) Let no susceptibilities, puritan, protestant, anglican, or other, be startled if we observe that Rome is, and may long be, in some important respects, the centre of the Christian world. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) The charming puritan does not commit great faults, but she has astonishing licenses of thought and speech. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty What a barren-hearted puritan he must have been who could expel an honored citizen from the Senate for no other reason than that he had kissed his own wife in the presence of their daughter! Roman Women The puritans will think that they have a right to blame this intimacy as too close: let them say so if they choose. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 The puritan poet, Milton, sings of "man's first disobedience" in much the way that St. Augustine would have done. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance Has he not for some time past suffered himself to be besieged in a manner by the puritan, that tiresome old musical director Henne? The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels The whole structure was surmounted by a queer looking steeple, resembling most one of those high, peaked hats, which Hogarth has placed on the head of Hudibras and his puritan compeers. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion The puritans interpreted the Babylon of Revelation as the church of Rome. Minor Poems by Milton In 1644 the English puritans forbad any merriment or religious services by act of Parliament, on the ground that it was a heathen festival, and ordered it to be kept as a fast. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Strict even to parsimoniousness in the matter of public expenditures, the pioneers of Iowa were not always puritan in observing the forms of religion. History of the Constitutions of Iowa Adams affirms that "not one of the motives which stimulated the puritans of 1643 had the slightest influence in actuating the confederacy of 1774." The History of Freedom We flatly disclaim in the outset any participation in the resentment or contempt which was felt by these loyal Virginians towards the puritan patriots of the revolution. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion In the puritan theology and its implications he cannot take much interest, and will of course not be asked to do so. Minor Poems by Milton But he appeared not at all grateful for this; and when his critics and his Virgilianism were over, very unlike a puritan he talked! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. But, truly, Hester, I had thought these puritans, these pilgrim fathers, had left all fleshly lusts behind them with their vanities in England. The Scarlet Stigma A Drama in Four Acts He went heartily with the puritan party in their intense hatred of Rome and Roman partisans; he went with them also in their denunciations of the scandals and abuses of the ecclesiastical government at home. Spenser He has all of the villainy of the old puritan, and a good deal of his genius and ability. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion Milton’s services to the puritan cause can to-day hardly be appreciated. Minor Poems by Milton Neal opposes a more elaborate history; where these “great and good men,” the puritans and the presbyterians, “are placed among the reformers;” while their fame is blanched into angelic purity. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 From some liberal folk in the old country, no doubt; they ill become a puritan. The Scarlet Stigma A Drama in Four Acts But in temper of mind and intellectual bias he had little in common with the puritans. Spenser He can treat poetry as the English puritans treated the stage. Five Stages of Greek Religion Jonson, great as a writer of masks, was to live till he might have seen, in Comus, how a young and scholarly puritan humanist thought that a mask should be conceived. Minor Poems by Milton And when the puritan was thrown out of preferment, and seceded into separation, he turned into a presbyter. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 The Scotch puritan actually scents something obscene in the very title; to which we can only reply by parodying Carlyle—"The nose smells what it brings." Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Indeed, he had not the sternness and concentration of purpose, which made Milton the great puritan poet. Spenser The American, as I see him, is more simple, more puritan, and more direct than the Briton. Westward with the Prince of Wales Here was an uncompromising puritan, fully the equal of the foreign ecclesiastics in theology, and capable of holding his own in Latin composition with the most famous humanists of the time. Minor Poems by Milton Many of the puritans confused their brains with the study of the Revelations; believing Prince Henry to be prefigured in the Apocalypse, some prophesied that he should overthrow “the beast.” Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 The puritan view has left us an inheritance of denials. The Truth About Woman He shows no signs of agreement with the internal characteristics of the puritans, their distinguishing theology, their peculiarities of thought and habits, their protests, right or wrong, against the fashions and amusements of the world. Spenser Oval-faced, fair-haired, of a rather dreamy disposition and with a certain austerity of manner, he was the fastidious puritan—a puritan expanded by artistic influences. Melomaniacs She came of a good old puritan stock, where piety had been cherished from generation to generation. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. It made, at least, even one of the puritans themselves, who had formerly complained that they had not enjoyed sufficient freedom under the bishops, cry out against “this cursed intolerable toleration.” Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Men made women into puritans, and women are arising in the strength of their faith to enforce puritanism on men. The Truth About Woman Full-measure, the gentles enjoyed their fun, As a twenty-five were tried, rank puritans caught at prayer In a cow-house and laid by the heels,—have at 'em, devil may care!— Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning The American, the puritan in him, swiftly rose to her eloquent exhortation. Melomaniacs When I first saw the room, its walls were blackened with the smoke of unnumbered years, and made still blacker by the grim prints of puritan ministers that hung around. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 And from that moment Buckingham wholly abandoned the puritans, and cultivated the friendship of Laud. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 You ought to have seen it before your puritan King inherited it, ten years ago, upon the death of the last Duke of Brunswick. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess "Prince Vance" is an Entertaining Fairy Story of the wildest and most fantastic adventures and of amusing and original impossibilities, which, however, carry with them a stern puritan moral. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series “What a little puritan you are, darling, as though half a dozen civil words would have mattered.” Wee Wifie For a helpmeet he had secured a lineal descendant of that noble and revered puritan, Gov. The History of Dartmouth College The puritans seem not to have been so nice about the source of purity itself. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Mrs Drummond was a most severe Calvinist, a puritan of the narrowest type. Hollyhock A Spirit of Mischief She has been a kind nurse to me, in my trouble," replied the puritan; "but our good preacher says her heart is far from being humbled. The Buccaneer A Tale The animal then dashed away followed by the grim old puritan and the remainder of the party who had halted at some little distance from them. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls Whenever, then, any of these constitutional questions can be made, it would be competent for the party interested, by the doctrines of these political puritans, to make them. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 From the first opposition to the decorous ceremonies of the national church, by the simple puritans, the next stage was that of ridicule, and the last of obloquy. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 What business was it of his, after all, if some sad-faced fellows from Cambridge tramped across country to lay puritan hands upon Harby. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel I was in with the skipper after the long-legged puritan was out, and I could see only squashed fruit, broken boxes, and old good-for-nothing rags. The Buccaneer A Tale He also tried Udall, the puritan, and no doubt tried to entrap him into a confession of guilt. State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) But Charles de Lorraine was just the type of man whom a puritan dogmatist like Joseph II could not stand. Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day The thunder of James’s voice, “No bishop! no king!” in the conference at Hampton Court, still echoed in the ear of the puritan. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Our puritan fathers had the same paternal solicitude as all other tyrants. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature Still he was no puritan, and the lapsed classes could indulge themselves in vice if only they paid; from their purses fabulous sums were turned into the Emperor's secret funds. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) He has come into his own, as all great poets must at last, in defiance of the puritan, in defiance of public opinion, and in spite of all aspersion. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations “It is very wrong to kill anyone,” said Virginia, who at times had a sweet puritan gravity, caught from some old New England ancestor. Humorous Ghost Stories The doctor’s servile adulation of the minister gave even great offence to the over-zealous puritans. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Shakespeare was as profoundly the enemy of scholastic pedantry as he was the enemy of puritan squeamishness. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions "What a puritan you are!" he went on abruptly. To Love No reformatory promptings fit her for a place at the footstool of the puritan. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti In the northern colonies the puritan element was strong, and the chief sources of wealth were commerce and farming. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration It partakes of the stoical dignity of the Indian at his council fire, and of the stern, religious gravity of the early puritan settlers in America. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 The puritan reader will, indeed, like old Carlyle, be tempted more than once to fling these grave, unblushing chronicles, with their deep, oracular wisdom and their shameless details, into the dust-heap. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions From this bondage reformers and puritans and mystics have labored to free us. The Pursuit of God Nothing tells of winter yet; on the other hand, no virulent diatribes are cast forth against the society that shuts this woman out, as the puritan settlement turned its back on Hester Prynne. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti The spirit which underlay it can be traced with growing distinctness since 1690; it was a spirit of independence, puritan in religion and republican in politics, impatient of control, self-assertive, and disposed to opposition. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration Indeed, while I am anything but a puritan, I felt sorry that the hundreds of lads home from the front, many of whom were wounded, had no better fare offered to them. "The Pomp of Yesterday" The modern puritan seeks to change the nature of our natural longing. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions The world taken en masse is a monster, crammed with prejudices, packed with prepossessions, cankered with what it calls virtues, a puritan, a prig. The Green Carnation The guilty love of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale is never for an instant condoned, but, on the other hand, the rigorous severity of the old puritan community is not dwelt upon with favour. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti Are you very much attached to this young puritan?” Japhet in Search of a Father The Essenes of the last century before Christ were an ascetic community with puritan and rigoristic tenets and practices. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals And luxuriously, peacefully, we can rest at last, with the odour of "puritan pansies" about us, and somewhere, not far off, rosemary and rue! Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions I hope, however, I am no prig or puritan and so I asked casually if he would care to stop in for an appetizer. Greener Than You Think This puritan reformer, the famous Abd-el-Wahab, kindled a fire which presently spread to the remotest corners of the Moslem world, purging Islam of its sloth and reviving the fervour of olden days. The New World of Islam Of all false doctrines that of the sour-faced, joyless puritan is the falsest. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance At the end of the third century the ascetic party, in spite of the withdrawal of the puritans, was very powerful. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Nevertheless a preacher, doubtless of puritan proclivities, was entertained at Shakespeare’s residence, New Place, after delivering a sermon in the spring of 1614. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Laura has been severely criticized by certain puritan ladies with cold pedals, for luring Petrarch on in his hopeless passion. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers Starting with the simple, puritan protest of Wahabism, it has developed many phases, widely diverse and sometimes almost antithetical. The New World of Islam She had no patience with those who could not “see the truth;” and he who reviled the puritan mode of worship, was “worse than the infidel.” Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States Westray hesitated for a moment, and then his conscience and an early puritan training forced him to speak. The Nebuly Coat What, for being a puritan? thy exquisite reason, dear knight. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles It's from the puritanic publication, Science, which has yielded us little material, or which, like most puritans, does not go upon a spree very often. The Book of the Damned The Wahabi movement was a strictly puritan reformation. The New World of Islam The most important of the opinions thus expressed, were upon religious subjects, for Jews, puritans, and Spaniards, have always been very decided controversialists. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States But most important of all, in its influence on religious and civil liberty, was the attachment of the puritans to a popular church government. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs This opposition was based in part on moral or puritan grounds, but was determined still more by the fear of three menaces, fire, sedition, and the plague. The Facts About Shakespeare The puritans least of all are apt to regard with favor those who hold not with them. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century He returned burning with holy wrath at what he had seen, and determined to preach a puritan reformation. The New World of Islam For—as it became him to be, both in the character of a man, and in that of a descendant of the puritans—he was always habited in “the livery of heaven.” Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States Yes, I am a puritan woman, Stuart, and I thank God for the heritage—if I am always to have to fight these battles against passionate rebellion. The Tyranny of Weakness They treat pagan, Catholic, and Protestant with cordiality and only smile at the puritan or Brownist. The Facts About Shakespeare According to this doctrine, which I call the puritan heresy, the duality resolves itself into a struggle between the spirit and the flesh. The Complex Vision Perhaps it is symptomatic of a more bellicose temper in Islam that the last few years have witnessed the rapid spread of two new puritan, fanatic movements—the Ikhwan and the Salafîya. The New World of Islam And the puritans of New England—whatever advancing intelligence may have made them in the present—were, for a long time, faithful representatives of the oddities, as well as of the virtues, of their fathers. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States And since you choose to put it that way," she looked at him with eyes full of challenge, "I mean to stay the puritan woman. The Tyranny of Weakness Religious controversy had played a part in the drama of the reign of Edward and Mary, but it rarely enters the Elizabethan drama, and then mainly in the form of ridicule for the puritan. The Facts About Shakespeare The puritans burned everything they found which bore the vestige of popish origin. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The Nejd remained a focus of puritan zeal whence the new spirit radiated in all directions. The New World of Islam The “travelling merchants” of this country were generally what their customers called “Yankees”—that is, New-Englanders, or descendants of the puritans, whether born east of the Hudson or not. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States "I will see you again to-morrow," he said, as he passed out of the library, leaving the old puritan behind him immersed in a fresh anxiety. The Tyranny of Weakness He was known as a zealous puritan, and had given his sister in marriage to the celebrated Edmund Cartwright the leader of the sect. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Heare what it is to be Anabaptists, to bee puritans, to be villaines, you may be counted illuminate botchers for a while, but your end wil be Good people pray for me. The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse As a matter of fact, the puritan beginnings of the Mohammedan Revival presently broadened along more constructive lines, some of these becoming tinged with undoubted liberalism. The New World of Islam The puritan Severus oft doth read This text, that doth pronounce vain speech a sin,— "That thing defiles a man, that doth proceed From out the mouth, not that which enters in." The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) But she held herself very primly, and the masking puritan in her voice quelled him. The Madigans Not for two centuries, since the historic strife of anglican and puritan, had our island produced a ruler in whom the religious motive was paramount in the like degree. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 Miss Mary, with an anxious forehead under her puritan hair, said nothing. The Argonauts If the whole court was culled, I question if enough honesty could be found to leaven one puritan scoundrel. The Two Admirals Be more advised, walk as a puritan, And I shall think you chaste, do what you can. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) Our puritan fathers did not come to this wilderness with French, atheistic, idolatrous love for a goddess of liberty. Bertha and Her Baptism The old folks of Happy Valley pay puritan heed to “old Christmas.” In Happy Valley The old puritan feeling was still too great to acknowledge the equal rights, political and religious, of other than Christians. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Buffalo he sets down opposite to Montreal, speaks of the puritans of Pennsylvania as near neighbors of Nova Scotia, and extends Arkansas to the Rocky Mountains. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II He was not austere—but his view of righteousness was derived from puritan tradition. The Mermaid A Love Tale A little pagan at home and a puritan abroad. Quin He was a puritan of the intelligence, and for the ideal of Sully or Villars he put up the ideal of Oliver Cromwell. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France The puritan fathers forbade all indulgence in mirth and happiness. Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves This provoked an answer by “Smectymnuus,” the pseudonym of five puritan divines, the initials of whose names made up p. 34the word. Three Centuries of a City Library an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Norwich Public Library Established in 1608 and the present Public Library opened in 1857 Isabel, too, had had some lessons here from the old lady; but even this mild vanity troubled her puritan conscience a little sometimes. By What Authority? The puritan in you has won the day,—the weak side. One Woman's Life St. Just, a doctrinaire and puritan nearly as fanatical as his chief, possessed what Robespierre lacked,—decision, boldness, and a keen political sense. The French Revolution A Short History The church of England had not yet abandoned the rigid doctrines of grace and pre-destination: the puritans had not yet separated themselves from the church, nor openly renounced Episcopacy. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. I wish I was like you," he added, a little shamefacedly, "you're such a puritan. The Uttermost Farthing The distinction was new to Anthony, with his puritan training, and he sat pondering it while the debate passed on. By What Authority? Marion with her puritan directness went to the point at once. One Woman's Life Surely the veriest puritan, the oiliest Chadband of them all, will allow a humble scribbler, at so cheap a yearly rate, to purchase wisdom, not unmixed with tolerance, at the gilded shrine of Fors Fortuna! Post-Prandial Philosophy The conviction was probably instinctive, for one is not the descendant of puritans for nothing; but the discovery of it is another matter. Lore of Proserpine However, I have no doubt that when Wilkins Micawber junior grew up and became eminent in Australia, references were made to his narrow puritan home; so I do not complain. Gilbert Keith Chesterton The persecution to which the puritans were exposed, increased their zeal and their numbers. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States That also belonged among the puritan traits, as well as a sneaking admiration for the handsome, self-willed, extravagant granddaughter. One Woman's Life He was a puritan in his morals, maintained a spotless reputation, and escaped all criticism with reference to private life that was visited upon his competitors. The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict One of the saddest deaths from other causes than consumption was that of a poor feeble-minded man whose brother, a sturdy, devout, severe puritan, was a very hard taskmaster. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth Absurd to imagine that a man of his age must regulate his life to please a slip of a girl like Carrissima, or a solemn young puritan like Lawrence! Enter Bridget Being zealous puritans, they concurred in the institution of a church, establishing that form of policy, which has since been denominated independent. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Secretly both the older people were pleased with Milly's social success, but they tempered their feelings in good puritan fashion with a note of reproof. One Woman's Life Alexander was a king; Solomon, the wisest of men, was a king; Napoleon was a king; Caesar died in his attempt to become one, and Cromwell, the puritan and king-killer, aspired to regality. The Last Man And I will protest if society spurn me from it as a bigot, a puritan, and a boor. The Crucifixion of Philip Strong Indeed there is the twofold life of puritan and pagan within us all. Among Famous Books One or two others of a less puritan design, and not out of character with the church on a knoll a furlong off, compensate their severer rivals. Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth He always counted his change carefully, like a good puritan, and gave small tips. One Woman's Life Holland was beyond question the natural ally on political and religious grounds of puritan England. The Visions of England Lyrics on leading men and events in English History They resided at a short distance from the elder Mr. Stanhope; and the strict Hugonot principles of the French invalid interested the rigid puritan, and led to a friendly intimacy between the families. The Rivals of Acadia An Old Story of the New World Pining for her puritan home, she died early. The Mormon Prophet For the rest of the deplorable scene the historian must content himself with the naked details in the diary of a puritan pioneer. A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy She was of the puritan temper that loves to scatter irrefutable moral logic. One Woman's Life They were neither illiterate cads nor meddlesome puritans, nor even saviours of society. Art The puritans of New-England regarded these dangerous neighbors with distrust and fear; nor could they restrain their indignation, when the emblems of the Romish church were planted on the very borders of their territory. The Rivals of Acadia An Old Story of the New World You embody for me all the things my puritan grandmothers stood for. Lydia of the Pines If he had been only a puritan, a sort of Channing or "Savoyard vicar," he would undoubtedly have been unsuccessful. The Life of Jesus He was a puritan and a politician, and it was on these two counts that he fought the Papacy. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition These were our puritans, who at first, perhaps from utter simplicity, among other extravagant reforms, imagined that of the extinction of the theatre. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 They are not attracted by Tiffany glass windows, nor the vanilla-flavored music of a mixed quartet, nor the oddly assorted "enrichments" we have dovetailed into a once puritan order of worship. Preaching and Paganism Each was dressed in sober clothes, for your puritan of every creed must, like his progenitors the Pharisees of old, have some peculiarity in his dress that will gain him credit for religion. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One The puritans, in an age of trickery, are idiots; I say so. His Excellency the Minister There was at this time preaching at Natchez, one Potts, who was a Presbyterian, a Puritan, and extremely straight-laced in doctrine, and eminently puritan in practice, intolerant, bigoted, and presumptuous. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest Celibacy, voluntary poverty, and all the mortifications of a primitive Christian, were the virtues practised by this puritan among his money bags. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 I wonder," he questioned, "if you have changed, dear puritan? Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man "Let them go!" thought the chief justice, with somewhat of an old puritan feeling in his breast. True Stories of History and Biography He would not long persist in enquiring how Marianne Kayser had procured all those baubles that so highly incensed the puritan instincts of her honest uncle. His Excellency the Minister Gospeller was a name of contempt given by the Papists to the Lollards, the puritans of early times, and the precursors of protestantism. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies The ascetic puritan would indeed abhor these scenes; but their magnificence was also designed to infuse into the national character gentler feelings and more elegant tastes. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 With only enough humor to save him, he had a sternness more of the puritan than of the cavalier blood from which he had sprung. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man "I like not this mode of settling a quarrel; and unless this hot-headed psalm-singing puritan apologises, I shall assuredly cut his throat." The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest It was for your sake, for you alone, in order to explain the presence in Marianne's house, of a minister who is considered to lead a puritan life. His Excellency the Minister Living in London, he saw people of all sorts, and the puritan sternness which lay at the root of his character was concealed by the cynical humour which gave zest to his conversation. The Life of Froude One Samuel Butler, a celebrated buffoon in the abandoned reign of Charles the Second, wrote a mock-heroic poem, in which he undertook to burlesque the pious puritan. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 But you must not turn into a nun, or worse, into a puritan. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh He looked as fixed and solemn as an ancient puritan, and yet there was something so melancholy in the man's eye, so sad and disappointed, that it seemed anything but hard. Twelve Men I am a puritan in the matter of the brush. His Excellency the Minister If He existed, it seemed to her that monks and nuns, or puritans of the sternest type, were alone in the right. Muslin It is said that from this moment he abandoned the puritan party, and attached himself to Laud. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 She ascribed Selma's reserve, and cold, serious manner partly to shyness due to her new surroundings, and partly to the spiritual rigor of the puritan conscience and point of view. Unleavened Bread My puritan blood boiled at the thought that I must submit to the tyranny of a band of robbers. The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin You are, then, to see in him no puritan abhorring beauty, but a man with artistic perceptions developed. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 For a puritan may not be moral always, but he must be just. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod "It is very wrong to kill any one," said Virginia, who at times had a sweet puritan gravity, caught from some old New England ancestor. The Canterville Ghost England did not follow the advice of Knox: her whole population was not puritan, many of her martyrs had died for the prayer book which Knox would have destroyed. John Knox and the Reformation To improve the Music-hall Song off the face of the earth, is an attempt which could only suggest itself to puritan fanaticism in its most arbitrary administrative form. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 3, 1891 When we know this, we see what beauty means; and that it is not something we can afford to ignore and treat with stoic indifference or puritan dislike. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Milton's great imagination was too puritan, too biblical, to allow her independent importance; he only assigned her a r�le in relation to the Deity. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times Mystic, and puritan as she was, there were moments when Janet felt her responsibility almost unbearable. Harvest The Memoirs as a whole are the best picture we possess of a puritan soldier and household of the seventeenth century. Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Introduction The battle between the puritans and the sophisticates is never ending. Essay upon Wit The chapel, first shorn of its ancient splendour by puritan zeal, and since restored in mistaken taste, is still one of the most beautiful edifices of the kind in England,—perhaps in Europe. Rides on Railways In fact, in the decade that followed the promulgation of the social laws, the puritan fervour, which had up to that time heated all Italy, began to cool. Characters and events of Roman History Since I have announced myself a farmer and a puritan, let me here list the saloon evils not yet recorded in this chapter. The Art of the Moving Picture It is certainly innocent, virtuous and prudent, or the puritans would not have permitted it to prevail among their offspring, for whom in general they would suffer crucifixion. Bundling; Its Origin, Progress and Decline in America It was not constitutional, still less democratic; puritan republicans averted their eyes, so did rigid monarchists, but Cavour was perfectly content. Cavour I am sorry that the puritans knew no better than to bring up their children to hate and oppress Indians. Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe Or, the Pretended Riot Explained He has been excellently described by Louis Blanc as something powerful, original, sombre; half agitator and half statesman; half puritan and half monk half inquisitor and half tribune. Studies in Literature As for the other Utopians, the economist, the physician, the puritan, as soon as the architects have won over the photoplay people, let these others take sage counsel and ensnare the architects. The Art of the Moving Picture Even our puritan forefathers, with their hatred of art, were in love with ideas. The Silent Isle I don't expect so, because cavaliers always were gentlemen, and puritans of any century only of the middle classes. Elizabeth Visits America Thin arms fell straight to the translucent hands, and there was a recollection of puritan England in look and in gesture. A Mere Accident A puritan in morals, he had a most vivid realization of the terrible evils of his time; and he could make his congregation look at the world with his own faith and moral purpose. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy Let us look for the day, be it a puritan triumph or not, when the sons and the daughters of the slums shall prophesy, the young men shall see visions, the old men dream dreams. The Art of the Moving Picture This gentleman was a staunch puritan, and having set out as a reformer, ended by being a regicide, and an abettor of the tyranny of Cromwell. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author We let puritan writers write about the purities of this ordinary man. All Things Considered Burroughs, the puritan preacher, called Cromwell "the archangel that did battle with the devil." Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook But he appeared not at all grateful for this; and when his critiques and his Virgilianism were over, very unlike a puritan he talked! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 407, December 24, 1829 In this respect they were not unlike the English puritans, in whom and their descendants, this passion for homogeneousness has always been thought a sort of merit, appealing very much to their self-esteem and pride. The Life of Francis Marion For, ladies and gentlemen, while we are pious, we are not puritan. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise I would scarce send to the Vicomte a reader who was in quest of what we may call puritan morality. Memories and Portraits He was a rigid puritan "of low morals," and very fond of bear-baiting. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook You are a puritan and in your heart you despise sensual pleasures. Of Human Bondage She was puritan, like her father, high-minded, and really stern. Sons and Lovers A puritan may go to his brown-bread crust with as gross an appetite as ever an alderman to his turtle. Walden This young man with the Bonaparte face and the brown eyes was something far sterner than a puritan—a pagan. The Innocence of Father Brown A puritan God, extremely preoccupied with morals as some people saw them, He was lenient, apparently, to the narrow-minded, the bitter of tongue, and the intolerant in heart. The Conquest of Fear Astrology, however, against which so much of the satire is directed, was not more the folly of the puritans than of others. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 She had lost her puritan primness, and behaved more in accordance with her slanting eyes than with her bringing up. It Happened in Egypt It still seemed almost incredible that poor, grey, puritan Weston should be mother to Harry. The Highwayman Like the Huguenots, of South Carolina, they were Calvinist, or puritans of the French school. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men Jeremy Collier, however, was far outdone in vituperation by the puritan clergy who, not altogether without reason, castigated the immorality of the Hamburg stage. Handel The playhouse was abhorred by the puritans, and avoided by those who desired the character of seriousness or decency. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 Contrary to the more accommodating Catholicism, they paraded a puritan intolerance. Saint Augustin Even her dress, puritan in its gray simplicity, became her beauty better than a more beautiful dress would have become a less beautiful woman. Lady Audley's Secret St. Jingo was the only saint, and a "darnation" or "darn you," were the only oaths his puritan education ever permitted him to use. Satanstoe Who, but some impenetrable dunce or narrow-minded puritan in works of art, ever read without delight the picture which he has drawn of the convivial exaltation of the rustic adventurer Tam o' Shanter? Wordsworth In 1641, he published a treatise of Reformation, in two books, against the established church; being willing to help the puritans, who were, he says, "inferior to the prelates in learning." Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 With that, they affected a respect for tradition, an austerity in morals and discipline, which made them perfect puritans. Saint Augustin It must not be imagined that the piety of the puritans was of a merely speculative kind, or that it took no cognizance of the course of worldly affairs. American Institutions and Their Influence They much resemble the puritans of Charles the First's time, of the extreme Hew-Agag-in-pieces stamp. Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal That so much of a puritan as Emerson should have admired Goethe is as remarkable as Goethe's admiration for so stanch an old puritan as Milton. Sketches from Concord and Appledore Thus on its business side alone it was a great national enterprise, and the puritans who would abolish it ought to think of that. The Christian A Story Ah! that was all those vile puritans' fault. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography The emigrants, or, as they deservedly styled themselves, the pilgrims, belonged to that English sect, the austerity of whose principles had acquired for them the name of puritans. American Institutions and Their Influence And the little puritan of fifteen heard the voice of his God: "Go, go, and never rest." Jean-Christophe, Volume I The puritan condemns the poet as lacking reverence, that is, as having no "religious instinct." The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years I rather think this expression intended to ridicule the puritans, whose turbulence and indecency often brought them to prison, and who considered themselves as suffering for religion. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies "No; Nature isn't puritan," replied the old minister. Indian Summer She was plainly anxious to keep him in New York that night, and, to be frank, I was glad enough to help her when you turned up, trying to impress us with your puritan watchfulness. The Abandoned Room The puritans, I have read in Southey's Book, knew the distinction. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 At least, representatives of the three strongest critical forces in society, philosophers, puritans and plain men, assert with equal vehemence that the poet has no religion that agrees with their interpretation of that word. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Having spoken in favour of monarchy and bishops, he was plundered by the puritans, and twice carried away, a prisoner, from his rectory. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes He prays hotly against fasting, and so he may sup well on Friday nights, he cares not though his master be a puritan. Character Writings of the 17th Century Probably king, prelate, and puritan all found their own account in it. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam Sir, since you move speech of a puritan, If you will give me audience, I will tell ye As good a jest as ever you did hear. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 Perhaps Swinburne's prose shows more clearly than his poetry the divergence of the puritan temper and the poetical one in the matter of religious humility. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years I have no question that, in the great principle, Cromwell and his puritan hosts were right in their revolutionary action. Government and Rebellion In a word, his is the index of a man and the title-page of a scholar, or a puritan in morality--much in profession, nothing in practice. Character Writings of the 17th Century He was a fine specimen of the old Scotch puritan; stern, severe, and powerful, but very kind to children, on whom such men make a lasting impression. Autobiography The vagaries of the one-step are sternly barred by a puritan committee, and, to one who expects surprises, the style of dancing is disappointingly monotonous. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) This hostile public may be roughly divided into three camps, made up, respectively, of philistines, philosophers, and puritans. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years The puritan reaction of the Roman Atticists in the direction of the simplicity of Lysias defeated itself in over emphasis and ended in establishing coldness and aridity as literary ideals. Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism The devil a puritan, or any thing else he is, but a time-server. Old Mortality, Volume 1. Small wonder that the puritan spirit saw in that huge disaster the direct intervention of the Almighty, smiting on behalf of His People. England under the Tudors The Cistercians, who for a generation had been the sour puritans of the cloister, had become the most potent religious corporation in Europe; but theirs was the power of the purse now. The Coming of the Friars The poet's only hope of winning in his argument with the puritan lies in the possibility that the race of puritans is destined for extinction. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years The puritan soldiers destroyed the profusion of statues that decorated this church. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland In this he is unlike the puritan, who is often all too sensitive to beauty for his own good—hence his alarms. The Principles of Aesthetics Probably king, prelate and puritan, all found their own account in it. Representative Men The puritan's rule is to abjure them altogether; to him they are absolutely wrong in themselves, apart from all considerations of time and place. The Greek View of Life The puritan element in American literary circles, always troubling the conscience of a would-be poet, makes him eager to protest that virtue, not poetry, holds his first allegiance. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years The Alpine strawberry grows wild in all that region, but the puritan smacked his lips over another gift of nature and named the romantic stream in its honor. Success with Small Fruits The puritan is fearful, above all, of works of art that represent moral evil. The Principles of Aesthetics I can't make out these puritan fellows, or evangelical boys, at all. Nature and Human Nature "Because if there ever was a puritan, General Jackson is one." The Scouts of Stonewall The Story of the Great Valley Campaign The puritan, of course, gives vent to the most bitter hostility of all, for, unlike the philistine and the philosopher, he regards natural feeling as wholly corrupt. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Having once determined upon my course, I was a puritan in the inveteracy with which I persevered in it. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story To all these considerations the puritan will doubtless oppose a truth impossible to deny. The Principles of Aesthetics No, I don't understand these puritan folks; and I suppose if I had been a preacher they wouldn't have understood me. Nature and Human Nature The marginal reading agrees with the puritan version 'overlayed.' Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 For the most part, whenever the puritan imagines that the poet has capitulated, he is mistaken, and the apparent self-denial in the poet's life is really an exquisite sort of epicureanism. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Already he regarded the youth as in a state of rebellion and for such an offence his feeling was very much that of the ancient puritan. Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky Hence, in order to defend art, one must reckon seriously with the puritan. The Principles of Aesthetics "Why, you are not turned precisian or puritan, fool?" said Lord Glenvarloch, laughing, though, betwixt resentment and shame, it cost him some trouble to do so. The Fortunes of Nigel You are," said I, with the air of an inspired puritan, "the last remnant of a composition which once covered all France. The Physiology of Taste That unhappy worshiper of puritan morals and of the muses, J. G. Holland, does make such a contention, averring, God finds his mighty way Into his verse. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years A term of reproach to the puritans and partizans of Oliver Cromwell, and the Rump Parliament, who it is said made use of a bowl as a guide to trim their hair. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue The truth which the puritan announces does not, I think, warrant the inference which he draws from it or alter the situation as I have described it. The Principles of Aesthetics The destinies be most neat Chamberlains to these swaggering puritans, knights of the subsidy. The Merry Devil Furious he rode, where late he ran, Lashing and spurring his tame hobby; Turned to a formal puritan, 550 A solemn and unsexual man,— He half believed "White Obi". Peter Bell the Third The puritan sees, with grim pleasure, that an occasional poet confesses that his sense of beauty is not strong enough to lead him at all times. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Here the woman, in agonising throbs, interrupted him by enquiring why he said there was no home for the wife he had married in lawful wedlock-was not the land of the puritans free? Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter But art is something more than sympathy, and there are other aspects of the aesthetic experience which tend to render that sympathy innocuous, even from the standpoint of the puritan. The Principles of Aesthetics "Well, he is a sort of a puritan, and now I begin to understand Christine, better, I think she is too," thought Ann, after she had mused her irritation away a little. Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing The question rang out loudly, as if all the pale puritan corners of the room flung it back with a shudder at the speaker. The Hermit and the Wild Woman |
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