| 单词 | Puritanism |
| 例句 | “Yours Truly,” her 2013 debut album, was an unlikely collision of flamboyant 1990s pop-R&B with 1950s Puritanism — novel and at the time, unfashionable. Ariana Grande Prepares ‘My Everything’ 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Often, racial Puritanism combined with evolutionary science to lurid effect. The Old, American Horror Behind “Stranger Things” 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Mencken expressed himself, for instance in his definition of Puritanism: “The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” Calvin Trillin: By the Book 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z But he overstates his case when he dismisses “the traditional explanations” for America’s success: its individualistic culture, Puritanism, the lure of open land and high wages, Yankee ingenuity and government policies. Blood cotton 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Someone asked if they had bought any cars and the curious Puritanism of the north showed in their faces. The Beatles: a trigger for a musical revolution 2012-10-04T09:56:03Z Actress Catherine Deneuve put her name, with 99 other French women, to a 2018 letter saying the #MeToo campaign amounted to “Puritanism” and that men had the right to “pester” women. French filmmaker detained over alleged sexual assault: prosecutors 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Dale Ferguson's design – abstract white houses aggressively dumped on a floor of black earth – perhaps sounded good in principle, a concrete visualisation of the claustrophobic black and white morality of Puritanism. The Crucible – review 2013-06-28T00:38:00Z By the stringent moral code of the Protestant sect of Puritanism, some of whose members fled England for the uncharted wilds of North America to practice it, Hester's actions were an outrage. Seattle's Intiman Theatre premieres a new adaptation of 'The Scarlet Letter' 2010-10-20T23:20:00Z It's as if paganism and Puritanism themselves made a spiritual pact. Luminary by RS Thomas: Poem of the week 2013-06-17T11:37:44Z The residual Puritanism of the American middle class also helped make them susceptible to food fears. Did slaves catch your seafood? 2012-05-21T14:26:00Z Actress Catherine Deneuve made headlines last week in an open letter with 99 other French women that said #MeToo amounted to Puritanism and was fueled by a hatred of men. Growing pains for #MeToo as Ansari tale sparks backlash talk 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Actress Catherine Deneuve made headlines last week in an open letter with 99 other French women that said #MeToo amounted to Puritanism and was fueled by a hatred of men. Growing pains for #MeToo as Ansari tale sparks backlash talk 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Maybe that’s to be expected when your mother is a scholar with a special interest in Puritanism. Scene City: Public Theater Raises Funds for Renovation 2012-03-07T21:34:55Z Although I don’t agree with some of his views, I still love the way he expressed them — his definition of Puritanism, for instance, as “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” Calvin Trillin: By the Book 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Nor were his counterparts in the New World, where Puritanism found space to thrive. Why modern-day filmmakers are still drawn to 17th-century England 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Cultures seem to swing between extremes of Puritanism & permissiveness; rigid order & disorder; control & "freedom." Joyce Carol Oates tweets: With ISIS, 'is there nothing celebratory & joyous?' 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z One problem with this love is that it’s been difficult for filmmakers to translate it to the American screen, which has long been locked in the grip of a stultifying, Eros-killing Puritanism. Movie Review: ‘Endless Love,’ About a Ferocious Attachment 2014-02-13T23:33:44Z He strongly supported the “high church” faction of the Anglican church just as Puritanism among the common people was growing, and he began to openly encroach on parliamentary authority. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The case, however, made Comstock’s name synonymous with “prudery, Puritanism and officious meddling,” according to Broun and Leech. Column: Conservative attacks on abortion depend on a law that courts have snubbed for 100 years 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Mencken, who defined Puritanism as “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, might be happy,” these anti-woke warriors seem to live in dread that someone, somewhere, might be acting rationally and graciously. Opinion | The 2024 election could be where anti-wokeness goes to die 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z He might have vanished into Boston history were it not for the British, who spectacularly and catastrophically failed to understand what made Massachusetts citizens, forged by an independent version of Puritanism, tick. ‘The Revolutionary’ review: A superb portrait of Samuel Adams’ activism 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z The conflict generated by Puritanism had divided English society, because the Puritans demanded reforms that undermined the traditional festive culture. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The Pilgrims who initially arrived in Plymouth practiced an extreme form of Puritanism that broke with the Church of England. Opinion | Why should Americans care about the queen? Her history is ours. 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z In numerous short stories and in novels like The Scarlet Letter and The House of Seven Gables, his characters struggled to escape the repressive influence of Puritanism and its legacy of hypocrisy, guilt, and self-recrimination. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Bob found the thread connecting these giants of America’s tumultuous, formative years “in their pluralism, in their liberation from Puritanism, in their respect for mind.” Opinion | How America can shift to the right direction 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Puritanism had dominated during this period, and English theaters were closed. Jessica Swale’s historical comedy aims to restore Nell Gwynn’s luster 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z George Fox had founded the Society of Friends in England in the late 1640s, having grown dissatisfied with Puritanism and the idea of predestination. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z This type of wry evangelicalism was about as close to later English Puritanism as Italian eurocommunism would be to the clunking fist of Stalinism. Review | The many mysteries of the powerful and deadly Thomas Cromwell 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z While eliminating self-government, the new administration ended legal privileges for Puritanism and even seized Boston’s South Church for Anglican services. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z He couldn’t pantomime Puritanism; he’d emblazoned his name on casinos and the Miss Universe pageant. Opinion | Donald Trump’s Perverse Advantage 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z The current trend of New Puritanism must stop. How Can I Make My Colleague Stop Stealing? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Unlike New England, whose official religion was Puritanism, Pennsylvania did not establish an official church. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z On the other, there is the legacy of Puritanism, which sees Americans not just as individuals but as citizens, who are in some ways obligated to help one another. Adam Smith, unlikely hero of the stage 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Charles was more hostile to Puritanism than James, and even showed signs of nostalgia for Catholicism. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z It warned of a new type of "Puritanism" and insisted men should be "free to pester women". One French woman in eight raped - report 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z He was railing against the double standards of the #MeToo movement, the banning of the grid girls - "the new Puritanism". Chippendales 'not objectified' like women 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z A few weeks ago, French actor Catherine Deneuve and 100 co-signatories of a letter claimed #MeToo was fostering a “new Puritanism” – a position from which she has since somewhat backed away. That's patriarchy: how female sexual liberation led to male sexual entitlement | Van Badham 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Instead, however, they have suddenly turned into a bunch of Left Bank cafe intellectuals, scoffing at silly American Puritanism as they sip absinthe and flick ashes from their unfiltered Gauloises. Opinion | For conservatives, character counts — when you’re a Democrat 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Puritanism grew slowly in the reign of Elizabeth and continued to spread in the early seventeenth century. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z It warned of a new type of "Puritanism" and insisted men should be "free to hit on women". French 'MeToo' creator 'faces legal action' 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Ms Colosimo calls France's culture of chatting-up "a happy medium between Mediterranean machismo, where a woman in a public space is fair game, and northern - mostly Anglo-Saxon - Puritanism". France's celebrity pushback against 'MeToo' 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z She was right, too, to draw attention to the strong strain of Puritanism embedded in American culture by the first settlers – at least as powerful as the Enlightenment values usually associated with the founding fathers. The Handmaid’s Tale held a mirror up to a year of Trump | Matthew d’Ancona 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z It was not mad Puritanism that chased him from office; it was his colleagues’ finally, belatedly... Al Franken Departs Without Grace 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Cato’s admirers thus tied liberty and equality to a secular version of Puritanism. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Atwood’s book has echoes of New England Puritanism, along with atrocities drawn from sources including Saudi Wahhabism, the Third Reich, American slavery, and the East German surveillance state. A Cunning Adaptation of “The Handmaid’s Tale” 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Such views may be considered demeaning by many, and modern feminists will reject the accusation of Puritanism as a facile slur. France's celebrity pushback against 'MeToo' 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z The other dedicatee of “The Handmaid’s Tale” was Perry Miller, the scholar of American intellectual history; Atwood studied under him at Harvard, in the early sixties, extending her knowledge of Puritanism well beyond fireside tales. Margaret Atwood, the Prophet of Dystopia 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z She compared attitudes to women's rights to those of 17th-century New England, whose Puritanism and intolerance formed the backdrop of her book. Margaret Atwood: US going 'back to Puritan values' under Trump - BBC News 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z Mencken defined Puritanism as “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” You can leave your hat on: Scholar says Puritans were sexy 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Exchanging the Puritanism of Arthur Dimmesdale for the Puritanism of Alfred Kinsey is not progress. The Modern Day Scarlet Letter 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z "Puritanism" was running rampant "like in the good old days of witchcraft", they argued, stating that the freedom of men to pester was "essential to sexual freedom". France's celebrity pushback against 'MeToo' 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z Maybe it’s because I was raised as a Protestant and became an environmentalist, but I’ve long been struck by the spiritual kinship of environmentalism and New England Puritanism. Climate Change vs. Conservation 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z She had not caught on fast enough in this country, held back by its twin tendencies toward racism and Puritanism, but she and her feathers and bananas were an instant sensation in France. Weekend Entertainments From the Archives of The New York Times 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Even so, Bremer - who has written 16 books about Puritanism - says letters and sermons suggest the Puritans were eager and attentive lovers. You can leave your hat on: Scholar says Puritans were sexy 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The peculiarly punitive kind of Puritanism favored by American art historians sometimes sees this as putting a smiley face on a horrible reality, again for the benefit of those bad bourgeois. Fighting Over the Paris Commune | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z This Puritanism is hurting Germany's economy, and keeping Europe stuck in an even Greater Depression too. Germany doesn’t understand that it has a responsibility to the rest of Europe A lifetime of oyster Puritanism met its match the first time I tasted them. Oysters, especially in California's Tomales Bay, can be pure heaven 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z “We suffer from an overabundance of Puritanism mixed with hypocrisy,” Marina Ein, a publicist and observer of Washington life, wrote Friday in an e-mail interview. Political Memo: In Digital Era, Affairs Like Petraeus’s Are Harder to Cover Up 2012-11-10T20:07:41Z But this is not simply another example of the kind of Puritanism which bemuses non-Americans. Analysis: Petraeus a huge loss for US 2012-11-10T16:19:27Z Are American corporations guilty of imposing Puritanism abroad? Facebook's Censors Strike Again. Is America To Blame? 2012-08-06T13:04:29Z Puritanism is the most masculine form that Christianity has yet assumed. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z So strong was the Puritanism of Bolton that it has been called the "Geneva of England," and Rupert at once resolved to take the town. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z They were practical Stoics, of the severest type which that old-world Puritanism admitted. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z But although the rage for Bible names dates from the decade 1560-1570, which decade marks the rise of Puritanism, there had been symptoms of the coming revolution as early as 1543. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z On the other hand, the notion that America is exporting Puritanism is hard to swallow in the face of a film industry that virtually demands nudity of some sort in every major movie. Facebook's Censors Strike Again. Is America To Blame? 2012-08-06T13:04:29Z In 1629 Archbishop Laud took measures to suppress church lectureships, which were an innovation of Puritanism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z To ascribe to Puritanism the seven deadly virtues and refinement, sensibility, intellectuality, is a common enough mistake. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Instead he is the stern, avenging Deity of the Hebrews, without pity, accessible to no intercessors, the Deity whom we find to-day fearfully worshiped by adherents of the bleakest forms of Puritanism. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Puritanism deliberately supplied a well-weighed and revised scheme, beyond which no adopted child of God must dare to trespass. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z Do we try to export our Puritanism the way we try to export democracy and Coca Cola? Facebook's Censors Strike Again. Is America To Blame? 2012-08-06T13:04:29Z In the convulsions of 1642-9, the English Church establishment, the power which had held the national conscience in awe for more than a century, was overthrown, and Puritanism became the prevailing religion of the Commonwealth. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Hawthorne's Puritanism finds no echo in these modern souls, all sceptical, wavering, and unblessed. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z It was his Puritanism that made Moody try to stimulate the conscience of his land by means of "An Ode in Time of Hesitation," his best sustained long poem, and his most passionate utterance. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Ananias had become so closely connected with Puritanism, that not only did Dryden poke fun at the relationship in the “Alchemist,” but Ananias Dulman became the cant term for a long-winded zealot preacher. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z Underneath the sternness and severity which were the fruits of Puritanism, there existed in the New England character a touch of spirituality, of idealism, and of imagination such as were always foreign to the Romans. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z Oliver Cromwell, the man of his age, and whose impartial biography is yet unwritten, was the soul of old Puritanism, and the warrior-apostle of religious toleration. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z As to the Puritanism of our present novels one may dare to say in the teeth of youthful protestants that it is non-existent. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Moody's Puritanism gives strength to many of his poems, but in others it produces strange inconsistencies and evasions. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z But such an eccentricity is to be expected in the parish over which Wheatley presided, the head-quarters, too, of extravagant Puritanism. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z Ascetic Puritanism, for instance, is Christianity minus the truth taught by Epicurus. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The fellows refused at first to elect so pronounced a reformer, but they yielded in 1561, and Humphrey gradually converted the college into a stronghold of Puritanism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Apart from the fact that there is less Puritanism in New England than in the Middle West, James is not a Puritan. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Moody was a Puritan, through and through, and like all modern literary Puritans he was desperately ashamed of his Puritanism. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z He carried Puritanism in his very name, by which his good father intended he should bear the memorial of God’s Holy Day. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z Mr. Rosset called Grove “a breach in the dam of American Puritanism.” Barney Rosset, 1922-2012: Barney Rosset, Grove Press Publisher, Dies at 89 2012-02-23T04:58:10Z The gastronomic argument against Puritanism has always been a strong one with the English mind. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Puritanism has thus often showed itself a rough and tempestuous reformer; nevertheless it possesses wonderful vitality, and has conferred upon Scotland the blessings of civil and religious liberty. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z But paganism and Puritanism are nothing but terms, almost meaningless from much repetition, and "The Great Divide" is a play of terms, of symbols, of lay figures. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z English Puritanism must stand the guilty cause of much modern humour, not to say extravagance, in American name-giving. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z Perhaps her surviving instinct of Puritanism stands in the way of slightly increasing a small success. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z If this be Puritanism, it is Puritanism with a difference. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z She misjudged, we think, but she no doubt thought the time had arrived to destroy what had come of Puritanism. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z And the only things that it proves are Moody's total inability to understand paganism and his reluctant but inevitable sympathy with Puritanism. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Lovers of art were glad of the prospect of a broader culture than was possible in the shadow of Puritanism. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z Into the private life of the ordinary Catholic the principles of Jansenism injected a gloom and sadness similar to the extravagant sullenness of Puritanism or its sister, Calvinism. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z But her frank recklessness, her generosity, her invariable good temper, her ready wit, her infectious high spirits and amazing indiscretions appealed irresistibly to a generation which welcomed in her the living antithesis of Puritanism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z England was tired of Puritanism, and was preparing with all eagerness to welcome the Merry Monarch. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z It was easier to associate resistance to Puritanism with the Catholic cause than aggression on the Catholic Powers in Germany. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z Quite "continental," you perceive; and a long way from the Puritanism of our ancestors! The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z The general adoption of pews began with Puritanism, and with its increase they too grew in width and stature. Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church 2011-11-11T03:00:36.693Z Holding moderate religious views, he deprecated alike the extremes represented by Puritanism and Roman Catholicism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Puritanism does not seem to have been so very grim, whatever the satirist in "The Spectator" may say. Oxford and Her Colleges 2011-11-02T02:00:09.560Z It is this abiding strain of English Puritanism which is responsible for the tidal wave of temperance that has swept the United States. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z The American plutocracy has developed upon a superstructure of Puritanism, and therefore, in America, hypocrisy is necessary. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z Franklin early rebelled against New England Puritanism and spent his Sundays in reading and in study instead of attending church. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z So how does a company strike the right balance between canvas-painting parties and Puritanism while still maintaining a fun, dynamic, exciting work environment. You?re the Boss Blog: Making Sense of Romance in the Office 2011-10-18T17:00:18Z Puritanism might be narrow and bibliolatrous, but it was not obscurantist nor the enemy of science. Oxford and Her Colleges 2011-11-02T02:00:09.560Z There Puritanism showed its best and worst sides, for there Roger Williams preached, and there the witches were persecuted. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z The County of Northampton was distinguished as one of the strongholds of Puritanism. Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. 2011-10-13T02:00:37.230Z Five of these converts to Puritanism are engaged in this expedition, of whom but one escapes with his life. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z This picture of an old-time publican seems more suited to English atmosphere than to the stern air of New England Puritanism. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z In the second part of this volume will be given some remarks on Quaker life in America, and an analysis of the blended influence of Quakerism and Puritanism upon the development of Whittier's genius. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z He told me he was no worse than other people—all businesses were like that; he was as good as circumstances permitted; and he laughed at what he called my pretty Puritanism. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z I warrant you there will be no Puritanism in them save that it will be laughed at. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z Puritan intolerance scourged Roger Williams out of Massachusetts for nonconformity in religion; and 56 Puritanism scourged the South out of the Union in 1861 for nonconformity in politics. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z Feudalism and scholasticism took less hold there than in Germany England or France; the spirit of chivalry never touched the Italian, and Puritanism, of course, left him scatheless. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z Any art that followed Puritanism could but be grotesque and terrible. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z In England the period was characterized by a reaction against Puritanism and the firm establishment of the English church. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z In the Triumph of the Philistines, Mr. Jones resumed his campaign against Puritanism, but after a pettier, less vigorous fashion than in his preceding works. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z As soon as the people were released from the domination of Puritanism a reaction set in, and the humours of Mercurius Democritus were supplemented by the still broader fancies of Mercurius Fumigolus. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z He's still railing against what he perceives as America's underlying and undying Puritanism. Knee-to-Knee with Hefner: An Interview with the Oldest Playboy 2011-06-06T23:20:00Z Which of the emotions of which Puritanism is composed could be expressed in art? The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z After long scorning American Puritanism and political correctness on gender issues, the French are shocked to find themselves in a very American debate about the male exploitation/seduction of women, and the nature of consent. Op-Ed Columnist: Non Means Non 2011-06-01T14:22:48Z For Puritanism is in this one thing absolutely right about art; they cannot live and work together, or the one under the other. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z He took complete advantage of the popular reaction from the narrowness and intolerance of Puritanism, and even endeavoured to carry it to the extreme of establishing the Catholic religion. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z There is no Quakerism or Puritanism in them. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z And this is but one example of how Puritanism was practically a rejection of Christianity and a return to the codes of Judaism, which suited those iron warriors much better than Christian ethics. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z In the eyes of the imperious young lady Roundheadism and Puritanism were things of reproach, and the terms themselves often scornfully on her lips. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Puritanism, classicism, and neoclassicism were all important influences. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z We have done away with Puritanism, it is true; but in its stead we have placed irreverence and worldliness. Your Negro Neighbor 2011-02-14T03:00:35.203Z Those principles, to which that party adhered which about Whigs and Tories. this time became known as the Tory party, had been formed under the influence of the terror caused by militant Puritanism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Puritanism, serviceable as it was in its time, had kept men from obtaining and examining the evidence necessary to right conclusions about conduct. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z Your ideas have a strong taint of Puritanism. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z One wonders by what right Franklin is dubbed the "soul of Puritanism." Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z His mother was from New England, his father of the stock of colonial Virginia; and the stern Puritanism of the North was mellowed by the gentler influences of the South. The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States 2011-01-26T03:00:29.717Z The violence of the Restoration had been directed primarily against Puritanism, and only against certain forms of government so far as they allowed Puritans to gain the upper hand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Puritanism with its ruthlessness is making its appearance in the lists, on one side, while on the other side enters its mortal foe the Jesuit. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z So Joan represents what Bret Harte hated more than anything else in the world, namely, a narrow, censorious, hypocritical, cold-blooded Puritanism. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z The touch of Puritanism in the girl told her that to live from day to day with no duty but pleasure made of pleasure something akin to vice.... Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Having been converted to Puritanism, he became a strict advocate of its strictest tenets. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Out of the reaction against Puritanism had come a widely-spread relaxation of morals, and also, as far as the educated class was concerned, an eagerness for the discussion of all social and religious problems. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Under the Commonwealth Birmingham was a stronghold of Puritanism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z This was the one fault which he could not forgive; and he especially detested that peculiar form of cold and calculating hypocrisy which occasionally survives as the dregs of Puritanism. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z What I don't do, and you shouldn't either, is respond with a revival of password Puritanism. My Gawker account got compromised. Now what? 2010-12-13T22:06:59Z This rather stiff surrender to English sensibilities is unlikely to spawn karaoke nights but the players will feel he is shifting from his usual Puritanism. The good news for World Cup 2010: England are through ... 2010-06-23T21:39:00Z It is not clear where this thread of Puritanism comes from within Apple. I want the iPad to stay porn-free, says Steve Jobs 2010-05-25T20:00:00Z Hoare makes landfall, naturally, at Nantucket, where President Kennedy's amulet may have come into being, shaped by Quaker refugees from Puritanism whose studied nonviolence did not apply to the animal orders. 2010-02-14T05:00:00Z Without James's mingled poltroonery and tyranny to nurse and stimulate it, it is doubtful if Puritanism would have had its spasm of ascendency. The Ifs of History The history of Puritanism, of Reformation, is filled with hundreds of pages of accounts of sufferings on the pillory. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days In its beginnings this movement was merely a protest against the stern and forbidding aspects of the Christian religion as it had been exemplified in New England Puritanism. The Story of Our Hymns There must be a new Hedonism that shall recreate life and save it from that harsh, uncomely Puritanism that is having, in our own day, its curious revival. Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man The retreat of the Pilgrim Fathers to the forests of the New World silences the ridicule of the thoughtless about the extravagances of Puritanism in England. How to Observe Morals and Manners The Puritanism of the preceding century had crushed the Church of England; and the restoration of the monarchy had given the people a saturnalia. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 This was nothing less than Puritanism, which as a term was originally coined by its foes in contempt, but later became a name of honor and glory. William Bradford of Plymouth Early in life Bryant came under the influence of the Unitarian doctrines which were then sweeping through New England as a reaction against the stern, harsh teachings of Puritanism. The Story of Our Hymns It is this Puritanism, to which your critic has given expression, that is always marring the artistic instinct of the English. Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" In spite of the dominant tone of Puritanism in American thought, our social life has been affected to an appreciable extent by these beliefs. Women as World Builders Studies in Modern Feminism This may be the only large city where New England Puritanism affects society, but it is, at least, American, and better than European immorality. With Edge Tools Erastianism and Puritanism in turn have led men astray. The Christian Use of the Psalter For some time back she had observed an almost studied simplicity of dress, rarely wearing an ornament, and distinguishing herself rather by a half Puritanism of style. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) Believe me, Sir, Puritanism is never so offensive and destructive as when it deals with art matters. Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" To become freed from the inadequate morality of Puritanism is, for thousands of young people, to adopt another morality which is, if more sound in many ways, certainly as inadequate as the other. Women as World Builders Studies in Modern Feminism The clever ones down here, you know, spend most of their spare time swearing by turns at Puritanism and the Victorian Era. The Book of Susan A Novel I mean the austere, individualistic, Puritan strain that came from his Presbyterian forefathers; and a sensuous, voluptuous strain that often ran athwart his Puritanism and occasioned him many a mental struggle. The Vagabond in Literature One paper might speak of the connection between the prophets and Puritanism. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. You may scoff at Puritanism, but it is the highest form of life ever yet assumed by the world. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance To him, however, the Puritanism of his day owed its systematization and much of its force. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Puritanism, its zeal and its narrowness, and the angry suspicion that it had in common with all movements of the ill-educated, seemed no other to him than a slanderer of all fine things. The Cutting of an Agate Surely it is a Puritanism softened and refined, a Puritanism which is free of those harsh and unpleasing elements that have too often obscured its finer aspects. The Vagabond in Literature The common people evince more solidity of character with less of the frivolities, and yet without any of the frosty chill of Puritanism. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia In New England the original Puritanism was dominant, but its rigor had become much softened. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Emmanuel was noted from the outset as a stronghold of Puritanism; it is indeed recorded that Elizabeth rallied the founder on his intention that this should be so. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" But he has himself told us that the many-headed beast overthrown and bound by Calidor, Knight of Courtesy, was Puritanism itself. The Cutting of an Agate As may be gathered from the tenor of the quoted lines from Anne Bradstreet's prologue, the spirit of Puritanism was opposed to literary pursuits by a woman, at least to the degree of a profession. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) The Puritanism that drove the theatres into Surrey was but part of an inexplicable movement that was trampling out the minds of all but some few thousands born to cultivated ease. Ideas of Good and Evil It was born of the Puritanism which filled the gaols and fed the fires of Smithfield, when there were men and women ready to die for Christ and his Cross. The Religious Life of London With the growth of Puritanism the feeling of hostility to the stage increased in a large part of the population, well represented by the civic authorities of the capital. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" The genius of Puritanism rebelled against the feudal distinctions, as the spirit of liberty which was then triumphant overcame its oppressions. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards Dr. Newman and a few of his friends in Oxford attacked the Puritanism of the English Church with results with which we are all familiar. The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde Puritanism under Cromwell failed because it was forgotten that society is an organism, not a piece of clay, to be moulded according to the notions of heroic potters. Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series Thus was a new influence introduced into the life of one who had been brought up after the strictest rule of New England Puritanism. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 We all know one of the greatest religious movements of the past was Puritanism. Dorothy Page No wonder the publishers are frightened; the combination of their timidity, of truculent Puritanism and of a reluctantly vigilant police makes it almost impossible to publish a sincere work. A Novelist on Novels On his arrival there he represented that many of the Virginia council were favorably disposed toward the introduction of Puritanism, and that "one thousand of the people, by conjecture, were of a similar mind." History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia In the very heart of New England Puritanism, at that day hard, dry, and thorny, had sprung up a new growth, like the blossoming of a century-plant, beautiful and inconvenient. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) Thence in March 1555 he made his way to Frankfort, where he played an important part in the first struggle between Anglicanism and Puritanism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Puritanism was a distinct gain for woman, for through that movement the process of raising women in the social scale received great impetus. Women of England M. Taine, in his “History of English Literature,” ascribes the unlovable morality of Puritanism to the influence of the British climate. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things It would appear that Puritanism had begun to develope itself among the clergy as well as the laity of the colony. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia It was the sturdy, healthy plant of Puritanism blossoming into a beautiful flower. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 Puritanism and the theology of the past three centuries were largely rooted in the Old Testament. The Christian View of the Old Testament As marking an epoch, Puritanism is to be regarded as having destroyed the last relics of medievalism. Women of England She liked splendor and luxury in the abstract, but some lingering shade of Puritanism in her resented the enthralment of the higher faculties. Ancestors A Novel He well knew the weakness and the strength of the British social system, with its strange complacency, its “allowances,” its hysterical prudery, its queer amalgam of Puritanism and light hearted forbearance. The Silent Barrier The principal ones were: The relationship of the King to his subjects; of the Pope to kings; of the Established Church to Puritanism and Catholicism. Books Condemned to be Burnt But he was a man who hated Puritanism with all his heart, and would at once have suspected Puritan exorcism. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Puritanism was radical in its views and sentiments, yet lacking that diffusive propagandist power inhering in conventional bodies. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 Of course I've reformed, but then it's the atmosphere—not a taint of American Puritanism—European and something more—the wild flavor of a new and unique civilization. Ancestors A Novel Sabbath, the, as the shrine of Puritanism, 30. Noah Webster American Men of Letters In spite of this official opposition, however, the sober citizens formed a goodly part of theater audiences until after the accession of King James, when the rising tide of Puritanism led to increased austerity. An Introduction to Shakespeare The rich, sensuous country, with its peculiar profusion of exotic vegetation and the luxury of perpetual good weather, made Adelle, pale offspring of an outworn Puritanism, bloom, especially after the birth of her child. Clark's Field The man who wrote that was certainly not the man, when the day of battle came, to join himself with the orthodox party, the party that stuck to the pure, undiluted Puritanism of Covenanting times. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series A good deal of Puritanism seems to have come into England by way of Yarmouth. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations Puritanism and the Civil Wars widened the term still further, but as late as the time of Chatham its general use is restricted to the ranks which it covered in the sixteenth century. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe And the Puritanism was purity enshrined, as a simple matter of course. The Missourian Thus Paris was developing the latent possibilities of sensuousness in this pale offshoot of Puritanism. Clark's Field The national, or Anglican, Church once formed, the struggle began, on the one hand, between it and the Catholic Church, and on the other, at a later date, against Puritanism. History of Human Society We need a new Puritanism, and it must not be a Puritanism principally of prohibitions, as was the old. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching This spirit is glorified in Puritanism, the true heroic age of the Reformation. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe As grim, this was, as that original Puritanism which has become a synonym of American backbone. The Missourian I am by education and conviction inclined to Republicanism and Puritanism. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 The real spirit of the Reformation in England is best exhibited in the rise of Puritanism, which received its impulse largely from the Calvinistic branch of the Reformation. History of Human Society It must be a Puritanism in which all the glories possible to heart and mind and soul are set forth in charm and beauty. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching As Puritanism seemed born for the ideal of Constitutional England, so this ideal of the Fourth Epoch seems born to be the faith of Imperial England. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe America, in these latter days, is rousing from the blight of Puritanism, Protestantism, and their inevitable result, free-thinking and anarchy, and is becoming the brightest jewel in the Papal crown.” Carmen Ariza Art also is a great force, more especially in countries which have not been subjected, like ours, to the bondage of Puritanism. Arrows of Freethought But Cromwell advocated unrelenting Puritanism by legislation and by the sword. History of Human Society A militant, assertive Puritanism was vigorously putting forward its feelers throughout the length and breadth of England, nor was education the last to be affected. A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 There speaks the local accent of Puritanism, but the voice insisting upon the moral integrity of the individual is the undertone of America. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures Like Dante he had been in hell—the popular hell of English Puritanism—and in 1655 he was called upon to take part in the 'ministry.' Bunyan The religious agitations of previous years were passing away and the New England colonies were not likely to be troubled on account of their Puritanism. The Fathers of New England A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths The Tudor period closed with the death of Elizabeth, in 1603, with a fairly well-established conformity to the Anglican Church; but Puritanism was growing slowly but surely, which meant a final disruption. History of Human Society You saw, that is, the naked human soul, stripped of the clumsy draperies that Puritanism wraps round it. Audrey Craven They were predominantly Puritan, and the whole world has been informed that English Puritanism was hostile to Art. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures The old familiar bells, Catholic as they were in all the emotions which they suggested, called the congregation together with their musical peal, though in the midst of triumphant Puritanism. Bunyan The outlook was ominous for Puritanism, not only in New England but in old England as well. The Fathers of New England A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths It had seemed to him then that the decision was threatening to undermine his Puritanism; nevertheless, he had temporized with that Puritanism. The Dominant Strain For the truth is, that popular infidelity—to borrow Mr. Caudle's simile of tyrants—is only Puritanism turned inside out. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Hawthorne and Whittier and Longfellow—all of them sound antiquarians, though none of them in sympathy with the theology of Puritanism—have described in fit terms the bareness of the New England meeting-house. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures The blithe and genial spirit of the black-avised little barber-poet was itself the greatest imaginable contrast to the soured Puritanism and prim formalism that for half a century and more had infested the national letters. The Balladists Famous Scots Series We may call them all Puritans, but as to the details of their Puritanism they often differed as widely as did Roundheads and Cavaliers in England. The Fathers of New England A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths However, the Puritanism of his ancestors stood him in good stead. The Dominant Strain Our boisterousness in art is too self-conscious to be real, and our restraint is only a superficial legacy from Puritanism. Another Sheaf The inheritance of English Puritanism may be traced throughout our American writing, in its reverence for physical purity. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures When, a little later, the spirit of Puritanism came in, mirth and music, and more particularly the dance, became themselves suspect. The Balladists Famous Scots Series They were chiefly graduates of Cambridge, which had always been religiously more tolerant than Oxford, and especially of Emmanuel College, which was the stronghold of Puritanism at Cambridge. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College In the gay, chattering multitude among whom she moved, her own steadfast quietness stood out in bold relief, and it answered to certain traits of his own Puritanism. The Dominant Strain "In Milton the spirit of Puritanism is combined with a purely Hellenic love of beauty." War Letters of a Public-School Boy It not only scattered the collection made by him, but, by the triumph of Puritanism, plunged the country first into a dislike of, and, for long subsequent periods, into an indifference for art. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 She had learned Greek and Latin to help the boys with their home-work and had trained their characters in an austere school of aggressive Puritanism. The Education of Eric Lane Who shall now sneer at Puritanism, with the "Defence of Unlicensed Printing" before him? Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Thayer's Russian blood received swift impressions; his Puritanism made him weigh and measure with careful deliberation. The Dominant Strain The great defect of Puritanism was its hostility to Art; for Art glorifies and ennobles Life. War Letters of a Public-School Boy The old Puritanism comes out in a new form. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice The triumph of nature, with its impulse, its health, its essential sanity and rightness, over the cryptic formulas of convention and Puritanism, marks the meaning of the play.... The Faith Healer A Play in Three Acts Our Puritanism is like iron to resist tyranny,—but alas! it is like iron, too, when one tries to bend it to some generous undertaking.” The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. His Puritanism was hereditary and strong; it tempered the artistic side of his nature, but it could not destroy it. The Dominant Strain For that reason Puritanism in Virginia came under suspicion, and the Governor, Sir William Berkeley, with the full support of the government and public opinion, treated all Puritans as enemies. Religious Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century The Faith of Our Fathers The class had once found a voice for its religious sentiments in Puritanism, with stern conceptions of duty and of a divine order of the universe. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice As "the Puritan has triumphed" in this stern contest, so must the Puritan triumph in the more graceful emulations that are to come; but it must be the Puritanism of Milton, not of Cromwell only. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 Puritanism survives in the American merchant and his wife, and unconsciously sways their lives. Australian Writers Not even his Puritanism could enjoy an unlimited diet of oratorio. The Dominant Strain The growth of English Puritanism especially, which had already given the Queen much trouble, must be regarded as but the dissemination of the forms and ideas that had arisen in the Church of Scotland. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) While to a sixth, its religious history is the one that claims most attention, and the struggles with Rome, the rise and decay of Puritanism, and the development of modern thought will fill his pages. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture So thinks everybody who has survived Puritanism unscathed, so thought the majority of Brineweald's visitors that year, so thought Mrs. Delarayne and her party of eager young swains and still more eager virgins. Too Old for Dolls A Novel A wide commerce, while it had insensibly softened the asperities of Puritanism and imported enough foreign refinement to humanize not enough foreign luxury to corrupt, had not essentially qualified the native tone of the town. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 "Within equal compass the life-story of the great poet of Puritanism has never been more charmingly or adequately told." The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production Sir Robert Cecil had been too well schooled in Puritanism to suffer the emotions of his mind to affect his features. The Buccaneer A Tale Of the three churches which stand on the High Street, Trinity Church is the highest up the hill, and was called the Upper Church in the days when Puritanism preferred not to mention dedications. Highways and Byways in Surrey Puritanism here had its birth, but brought no element of toleration to woman. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I And however it might be with many of his neighbors, not the minutest particle of the quality of original Puritanism had been shaken out of his system by the changes of the times. Old New England Traits We are accustomed to regard this as a survival of Puritanism. The History of London Jabez carried about him all the external distinctions of Puritanism—a cropped head—a downcast eye—a measured step, and a stock of sighs and religious exclamations. The Buccaneer A Tale I want to talk of you and your curious Puritanism. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel Strange, because these men are the natives of a land peculiarly distinguished for its Puritanism! The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West But, no; the thing had no concern with Puritanism, for it lacked the discipline, the self-restraint that made Cromwell's men invincible. The Message It must have been very irritating to Saint-Gaudens when he fell a victim to that extraordinary official Puritanism which sometimes exercises a petty censorship over works of art in America. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 This extravagance led of necessity to a reaction—in the North, of Puritanism; in the South, to what126 has been termed the Counter-Reformation effected under Spanish influences in the Latin Church. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 Evander’s Puritanism, recalled to recollection of itself, felt compelled to assent. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel Puritanism vanished as suddenly as it had arisen. A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds And Beatrice loved everything foreign, because the foreigners had none of our stupid British Puritanism! The Message The sternness of Stoicism or Puritanism was an imperfect morality. The New Theology Different you will find him, no doubt, in the austere isolation of his masterful and deliberate Puritanism and learning; but that difference does not make him irrevocably lesser. The Critics Versus Shakspere A Brief for the Defendant About 1580 or 1581 he was deeply impressed by a sermon, whereupon he retired to the country, and was led by study and meditation to the strictest form of Puritanism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Dutch Puritanism certainly undergoes startling transformations under the tropical skies, and the Netherlands India produces a modification of European ideas concerning what have been called "the minor moralities of life," unequalled in colonial experience. Through the Malay Archipelago Not for nothing has "British Christianity" earned its Parisian name of "New Century Puritanism." The Message But for the greater part of the reign of Elizabeth there was a strong leaning toward Puritanism in the College. St. John's College, Cambridge The first historical cause is Puritanism; but not Puritanism merely in the sense of Prohibitionism. What I Saw in America No less was the crime of Puritanism in dismantling our churches and stripping them of treasures which were beyond price. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter Milton, the poet of Puritanism, stands out in bold contrast to these imperfect characters. Stories of Authors, British and American As the President of the French Republic said in his recent speech at Lyons: "It is the 'New Century Puritanism' which leads the new century's civilization, and maintains the world's peace." The Message This made him say,304 “I do find here why to commend this church, as a church abhorring from Puritanism, reformed with moderation, and worthy to be received into the communion of the Catholic church.” The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) Men can enjoy life under considerable limitations, if they can be sure of their limited enjoyments; but under Progressive Puritanism we can never be sure of anything. What I Saw in America A reactionary sentiment of our day is to make an idol of the great figure-head of Puritanism. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter Indeed, the success of the Sisters of Mercy in this stronghold of Puritanism has been phenomenal. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 Yes, it was true Puritanism—stern, unfaltering Puritanism; and it came to England not a day too soon. The Message It shows the weariness of political and religious controversy which oppressed men's minds; the discouragement, almost hopelessness, which made the Restoration welcome, and Puritanism odious, for a time at least, to the majority of Englishmen. The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham college, Oxford; master of Trinity college, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester Thus the worst thing in the seventeenth-century aberration was not so much Puritanism as sectarianism. What I Saw in America The wave of Puritanism has swept away every trace of them. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter He was a deeply religious man, and, though he has been supposed to have shown Puritan tendencies in later life, it was a Puritanism that did not eschew Catholicism. Shakespeare's Family Upon the whole, it is safe to say that German sneers at British parsimony and Puritanism may fairly be accepted as tribute, and, as such, need in no sense be resented. The Message Oliver Cromwell's body hung on the Tyburn gallows, as the type of Puritanism found futile, inexecutable, execrable,—yes, that gallows-tree has been a fingerpost into very strange country indeed. Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. The time was when public favour spoke for the upholding of morality with a conspicuousness which could be called Puritanism, were the anachronism possible. The Tapestry Book On the failure to repeal that act the protestant emigration recommenced which robbed Ireland of the bravest defenders of English interests and peopled America with fresh blood of Puritanism. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Cromwell saw that Puritanism had missed its aim. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 It might be reached, though it is doubtful, by the road of Puritanism and "efficiency," the appeal to abstinence and "living hard." The School and the World Springing from a very old New England stock, he has found the practice of art a wonderful antidote, in his own language, "for belated Puritanism." Picture and Text 1893 By means of the great religious movement called Puritanism, the English University of Cambridge shaped, for nearly two hundred years, the intellectual and spiritual life of New England. Colleges in America When Christianity was chilled with Puritanism and rationalism, this inner warmth or secret fire in the house faded on the hearth. Eugenics and Other Evils The naked formlessness of Puritanism is not the thing I praise in the Puritans; it is the thing I pity—praising only the spirit which had rendered that inevitable! The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 From the triumph of Puritanism in 1640 the supreme, irresistible force in English politics had been national opinion. History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 The wayward and apparently capricious movements of this strange compound of Puritanism and Papistry were too dangerous and uncertain to allow any hope for ultimate safety under his management. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 The American is, to a very great extent, a descendant of rigorous Puritanism. Modern Saints and Seers But Puritanism was not an odious crust, a form, a dogma. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Puritanism was hung on gibbets—like the bones of the leading Puritans. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 When a strange turn of events placed Puritanism in antagonism to it, it crushed Puritanism as easily as it had crushed Royalty. History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 His temperamental bias against Puritanism was accentuated by the openly avowed hostility of the Puritans to his chosen profession. Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 But he saw that Puritanism had missed its aim. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 Puritanism had ceased to become offensive, and had even become respectable. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges The history of English progress since the Restoration, on its moral and spiritual sides, has been the history of Puritanism. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 English freedom and English colleges have emancipated Hindu youth, and they look upon the cruel idolatry under which their fathers groaned as Colonel Olcott does on the Puritanism he fiercely denounces. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 It must be enough for me to say that the throttling hands of Puritanism are only now fully loosened. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions Even if the political strength of Puritanism had remained unbroken its social influence must soon have ceased. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 With the increase of Puritanism was also a corresponding change in the Church of England, since ceremony and forms increased almost to a revival of Catholicism. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Yet the intensity of Puritanism had kindled a force of living that had done a needed work. A Little Girl in Old Boston What could he better do, therefore, than borrow this old volcanic crater of Puritanism, and pour out from it his religion and his anger upon a graceless world? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 The church and crown nicknamed it 'Puritanism,' and persecuted it till it turned and cut off the head of Charles the First, and secured religious liberty. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy For if Puritanism had first discovered the poetry which contact with the spiritual world awakes in the meanest souls, Bunyan was the first of the Puritans who revealed this poetry to the outer world. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 They preserved the various peculiarities of Puritanism in regard to amusements, to the observance of the Sabbath, and to antipathy to any thing which reminded them of Rome, or even of the Church of England. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges The old strict bitterness and narrowness of Puritanism had been softened and refined away. A Little Girl in Old Boston The spirit of the "big wars" has entered, and grown up side by side with his Puritanism. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 He had broken with Puritanism, and England was growing more Puritan every day. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 Its historic importance lies in this, that it is the Epic of Puritanism. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 Jansenism was a timid protest against spiritual tyranny, a mild kind of Puritanism, which found sympathy with many people in France. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Mat laughs at what he calls Puritanism, and says the world is growing broader and more generous. A Little Girl in Old Boston Thirty-eight chosen men, "the acknowledged flower of English Puritanism," were nominated a Supreme Commission, for the trial of public preachers. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 It was plain that the purpose of Laud aimed at nothing short of the utter suppression of Puritanism, in other words, of the form of religion which was dear to the mass of Englishmen. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 Godliness became a byword of scorn; sobriety in dress, in speech, in manners was flouted as a mark of the detested Puritanism. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 The history of the times is simply this—despotism striving to put Puritanism and liberty beneath its feet, and Puritanism aiming to subvert the crown. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Puritanism, as it then existed in its exclusive power, is, to all intents and purposes, dead upon this continent. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Even in Boston, however, life was simpler, quieter, and sweeter than it was across the Atlantic; there was Puritanism in its atmosphere—Puritanism and the serenity of learning, of scholarship, of study. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III London, the special object of courtly dislike, on account of its stubborn Puritanism, was brought within the sweep of royal extortion by the enforcement of an illegal proclamation which James had issued, prohibiting its extension. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 All that was noblest and best in Puritanism was whirled away with its pettiness and its tyranny in the current of the nation's hate. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 The nation, as a nation, did not love Puritanism, or any thing pertaining to it, after the deep religious excitement had passed away. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges The strife between Puritanism and the Crown was to grow into a fatal conflict, but at the moment the Queen's policy was in the main a wise one. History of the English People, Volume IV As soon as William was head of the Church, he opened the floodgates of Puritanism, and admitted into the church what previously had been more or less external to it. Notes and Queries, Number 197, August 6, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The great obstacle in his way was the Puritanism of nine-tenths of the English people, and on Puritanism he made war without mercy. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 He flung himself like the men of his day into the reaction against Puritanism. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 "Puritanism without its king, is kingless, anarchic, falls into dislocation, staggers, and plunges into even deeper anarchy." A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges The Puritanism of the sea-dogs went hand in hand with their love of adventure. History of the English People, Volume IV The tide-water part of the South represented typical Englishmen, modified by a warm climate and servile labor, and living in baronial fashion on great plantations; New England stood for a special English movement—Puritanism. The Frontier in American History With the strength and manliness of Puritanism, its bigotry and narrowness crossed the Atlantic too. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 But whatever strength there may have been in the Protector's arguments, the act by which he proceeded to enforce them was fatal to liberty, and in the end to Puritanism. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 The sterner forms of Puritanism are well depicted. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The growing Puritanism of the clergy stirred her wrath above measure, and she met the growth of "nonconforming" ministers by conferring new powers in 1583 on the Ecclesiastical Commission. History of the English People, Volume IV We can't find seconds here—too much Puritanism; they would interfere. The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, February, 1886. Unluckily the policy of Elizabeth did its best to give to the Presbyterians the support of Puritanism. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 It was this that drove him from the Puritanism of his youth to the Anglican dogmatism of the "Religio Laici," and from thence to the tempered Catholicism of the "Hind and Panther." History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 The walls and buttresses which enclose the aisles are plain, and it is only by comparison with this architectural Puritanism that the façade may be considered ornate. Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 At its close the University was a hot-bed of Puritanism, where the fiercest tenets of Calvin reigned supreme. History of the English People, Volume IV Federalism had too close affinity with Puritanism to suit many outside New England. History of the United States, Volume 2 But a zealous Protestant was almost inevitably a Calvinist; and to place the administration of the country in Calvinist hands was to give an impulse to Puritanism. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 Possibly its failure in this respect was due to the growth of that intellectual asceticism, and that reaction against the domination of poetry, which are, I think, intimately bound up with the fortunes of Puritanism. John Lyly Of Drake it has been said that 'his Puritanism went hand-in-hand with his love of adventure. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts As the voice of the first Christian preachers had broken the despotism of the Roman Empire, so the voice of the preachers of Puritanism broke the despotism of the English Monarchy. History of the English People, Volume IV In the 2nd century many of them embraced the new revelations of Montanus, and in the 4th they largely affected the hard Puritanism of Novatian. The Books of the New Testament Both in its conception, and in the way in which this conception is realized in the portion of his work which Spenser completed, his poem strikes the note of the coming Puritanism. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 Certainly Euphues does not prove that Puritanism was latent in him. John Lyly Elements which Puritanism had renounced came in later from other sources. The Chief End of Man Has not the leaven of Puritanism been excited to new action to accomplish the same result? Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy This is the case, for example, where excessive Puritanism or fanaticism, not possible for most men, is imposed upon them by an arbitrary and fanatical teaching. Human Traits and their Social Significance Foiled as it was, the effort of Elizabeth to check the spread of Puritanism was no mere freak of religious bigotry. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 The ethical element of Euphues links him rather to the already vanishing Humanism than to the rising Puritanism, against which all his sympathies were enlisted, as his contributions to the Marprelate controversy indicate. John Lyly In Puritanism it united with an ascetic and militant temper, a metaphysical theology, a stern rule of life, and a conception of the nation as under a divine law like that of ancient Israel. The Chief End of Man Puritanism was not at all like Judaism, in spite of its fondness for the Old Testament; it was very like Stoicism. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Such, for example, have been the one-sided ascetic ideals of Stoicism or Puritanism, which in their attempt to give order and form to life, crush and distort a considerable portion of it. Human Traits and their Social Significance The age of the Renascence was passing into the age of Puritanism. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 Were not these real emblems of Puritanism; its true decoration and insignia? The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 Next, Methodism, a wave of aggressive love, seeking to save others where Puritanism had been self-saving, appealing less to the head and more to the heart. The Chief End of Man It remembers the hardness of Puritanism, and has no admiration for its virtues. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Mind,' 126.Puritanism of Knox, 26, 35, 36, 67, 68, 96. John Knox Bishop Laud was recognized as the centre of that varied opposition to Puritanism, whose members were loosely grouped under the name of Arminians; and Laud now became the king's adviser in ecclesiastical matters. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 The narrow Puritanism of a past age may need the corrective of the broader Humanism of to-day, but not less must the Ethic of self-culture be reinforced by the Ethic of self-sacrifice. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics Humanity was only half ripe for this truth, and again the austere impulse reasserted itself in Calvinism, in Puritanism, in the Jesuits. The Chief End of Man But this individualism has not been held in check by the English spirit of compromise, which is not a part of Puritanism, and it has thus tended alike to excess and to impotence. The Task of Social Hygiene It was there that Puritanism was organised as a distinct school, if not also as a distinct party, in the church. The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics Great as were the faults of Puritanism, it may fairly claim to be the first political system which recognized the grandeur of the people as a whole. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 That is why Puritanism is associated with gloom. Riviera Towns Next, the Wesleyan movement, quickening the English heart and conscience, and sending the wave which did in a degree for the West of America what Puritanism and Quakerism did for the East. The Chief End of Man It was not until the days of Emerson that American Puritanism regained autonomous freedom and moved in the same air as Milton. The Task of Social Hygiene As to the other alleged stigma of Puritanism. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The same difficulty met Elizabeth in her efforts to check the growth of Puritanism in the Church itself. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 The leisure thus made possible was devoted to the production of his greatest work, a novel, "The Scarlet Letter," which is a study in the darker side of Puritanism. The Short-story What suggestions do we get here of the best side of Puritanism? Teachers' Outlines for Studies in English Based on the Requirements for Admission to College It has become the modern fashion somewhat to belittle Puritanism. The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth This argument, conclusive against modern Socinianism, is still more cogent and striking when directed against Puritanism. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity But as yet Puritanism was free from any break with the harmless gaieties of the world about it. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 If she had seemed before a thin-stemmed, mild-hued flower of Puritanism, it may be imagined whether in her present situation this delicate bloom was less apparent. Four Meetings "Puritanism!" she exclaimed, and the gentle manner of her speech stiffened suddenly into a timbre more militant. The Tyranny of Weakness His guiding star was not Christianity, which in its most characteristic and beautiful aspects had no fascination for him, but rather that severe and self-centred ideal of life and character which is called Puritanism. Milton The majority in Parliament had carried the national church so far in the direction of Puritanism that its excesses had brought about a strong reactionary feeling. An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England But it is yet more in the temper and aim of his work that we catch the nobler and deeper tones of English Puritanism. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 This we found true also in most of the other churches,—a reminder that, wide as was the gulf between the Lutheran Church and that of Rome, the former retained some customs which Puritanism discarded. In and Around Berlin Puritanism originated in the towns for the same reason that it lingers in the country; it was formerly the townsman rather than the countryman whose ideas and manner of living stamped him as peculiar. Beginnings of the American People Under one form or another Puritanism is to be found in almost all religions, and in many systems of philosophy. Milton The vigolite upon her upper lip might look a little bizarre in an assemblage of Saxon dames, just as her sprightly spirit would offend the sentiment of a strait-laced Puritanism. The Lone Ranche But the temper of Puritanism was a dogmatic temper, and the tone of the Parliament already threatened a narrowing of the terms of speculative belief for the Church of England. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 The degradation, says Macaulay, was the 'effect of the prevalence of Puritanism under the Commonwealth.' English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century Their Puritanism was induced by precept and example rather than by the compelling impact of a corrupt society. Beginnings of the American People The traits of Milton's Puritanism peep out at unexpected places in the poem. Milton But on the side of free religion and the Parliament were the stern conviction, the fiery zeal, the excited imagination of English Puritanism. Brief History of English and American Literature If Laud was taking harsh courses with the Puritans, he seemed to be successful in his struggle with Puritanism. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 We entered the 'prison-house' of Puritanism says Matthew Arnold, I think, and stayed there for a couple of centuries. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century Yet no conventionalized Puritanism, no mere living on the dead level of habitual virtues could satisfy the leaders of the great migration. Beginnings of the American People The tendency of the city towards Puritanism at this time was very marked. London and the Kingdom - Volume II It probably did not occur to the biographer, that no less illustrious a saint than Augustin, to whom Puritanism can hardly be imputed, had made a parallel confession of like early depravity many centuries before. Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc In England Parliamentary oligarchy was the main thing, and was mixed with Puritanism. A Short History of England His presentation of Puritanism and the Commonwealth and Oliver Cromwell first made the most elevating period of the national history in any way really intelligible. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle St. Augustine furnished us one of the keys to Puritanism when he said: "No man loves what he endures, but he may love to endure." Beginnings of the American People The dogmas of Puritanism he had indeed outgrown; but he never outgrew its ethics. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Nearly every one of her stories possesses a strong element of New England Puritanism, but there is no attempt to preach or moralize. Short Story Writing A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story In many ways William, cynical as he was, carried on the legend of the greater and grimmer Puritanism. A Short History of England The same principle which revealed the valour and godliness of Puritanism, has proved its most efficacious solvent, for it places character on the pedestal where Puritanism places dogma. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle But these "Brahmins of New England Puritanism" did not find the peace which they pursued. Beginnings of the American People The Scotch Nation was all but unanimous in Puritanism; zealous and of one mind about it, as in this English end of the Island was far from being the case. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Puritanism, though growing faint, was still powerful in New England; it was bred in his bones, and he was drilled from his earliest years into its sternest dogmas. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Hence in Scotland Puritanism was the main thing, and was mixed with Parliamentary and other oligarchies. A Short History of England The Puritan uprising knocked all that on the head, but Puritanism was at least preoccupied with moral ideas, and developed an excitement about sin which was at all events a sign of intellectual ferment. Joyous Gard I The decay of the old Puritanism in Massachusetts, so distressing to Cotton Mather, was but a faint reflection of the change which had come over England since the return of Charles II to Whitehall. Beginnings of the American People We call our English Puritanism the second act: “Well then, the Bible is true; let us go by the Bible!” Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Shallow-minded people fancy Puritanism to be prosaic, because the laces and ruffles of the Cavaliers are a more picturesque costume at a masked ball than the dress of the Roundheads. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Oliver Cromwell is in history much less the leader of Puritanism than the tamer of Puritanism. A Short History of England During the sway of Puritanism woman was a poor, benighted being, a human toad under the harrow of a pious imbecility. The Necessity of Atheism The reasonable anxiety of the clergy as to what might come of this invasion of a sturdy and uncompromising Puritanism struggled without permanent success against the obvious interest of the commonwealth. A History of American Christianity Even the rigid rules of Puritanism could not prevent young men and women from falling in love, while their elders were engaged in more sedate occupations. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country In order to subdue the earth, the race must be prolific, and to be prolific, desires must not be limited or weakened by pale Puritanisms. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life Oliver is gone; and with him England's Puritanism, laboriously built together by this man, and made a thing far-shining, miraculous to its own Century, and memorable to all the Centuries, soon goes. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Governor Bradford breaks out in his heart-broken bewilderment and unwittingly condemns the whole spirit and pretense of Puritanism. The Necessity of Atheism It was in the year 1643, when the strength of Puritanism both in England and in New England was proved, that the Calverts made overtures, although in vain, to secure an immigration from Massachusetts. A History of American Christianity The Rev. Dr. Cotton Mather, one of the lights of Puritanism, and son of Dr. Increase Mather, president of Harvard University, was most active and violent in the prosecutions. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country It was a doctrine that was hardly held yet by any; but the next century was to see its gradual rise until it reached its climax in the Puritanism of the Stuart times. By What Authority? The exit of Oliver Cromwell and of English Puritanism; a great Light, one of our few authentic Solar Luminaries, going down now amid the clouds of Death. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Puritanism, driven from rule, could only remain in power in the heart and conscience of its adherents. The Rise of the Democracy Puritanism was the last expression of that appeal from the church to the Scriptures, from existing traditions of Christianity to its authentic original documents, which is the essence of Protestantism. A History of American Christianity I have no doubt my kindred of that time saw Shakespeare, and saw him act, unless they had already learned the Puritanism which came to them, if not before, in a later generation. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 There was something in the temper of its inhabitants that made it especially susceptible to the wave of Puritanism that was sweeping over England. By What Authority? But pure wit is akin to Puritanism; to the perfect and painful consciousness of the final fact in the universe. George Bernard Shaw The colonists from the first had in many states a Puritanism that was hostile to the prerogatives of governors, and appeals to the British Government against the misuse of the prerogative were generally successful. The Rise of the Democracy In Puritanism, reverence for the Scriptures is exaggerated to the point of superstition. A History of American Christianity She seemed to take it for granted that he would at last marry Sheba after wearing away the rigid Puritanism of her resentment. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North His gaiety, too, was in strange contrast to the solemn Puritanism of his enemies. By What Authority? But there were other and negative effects of Puritanism which he did not escape so completely. George Bernard Shaw Church of England ministers were dispossessed in favour of Nonconformists, Puritanism became the established faith, Catholicism remained proscribed. The Rise of the Democracy Nevertheless, Quakerism and Puritanism are the two richest historic soils of modern time. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 For its sympathy with this, one of the most distinguishing and disagreeable features of Puritanism, the novel has an interest which could never be aroused by it as a work of art. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters The new Puritanism is not ascetic, but militant. A Book of Prefaces Puritanism was not a mere code of cruel regulations, though some of its regulations were more cruel than any that have disgraced Europe. George Bernard Shaw The interest in ecclesiastical and theological disputes was considerable, and Puritanism was popular with large numbers of the middle-class. The Rise of the Democracy "No one ever accused me of Puritanism before." The Golden Silence On the matter of Sunday observance the narrowest tenets of Puritanism were preached, and the usual ignorance was manifested that there were two sides to the question. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters At bottom, of course, it rests upon the inherent Puritanism of the people; it could not survive a year if they were opposed to the principle visible in it. A Book of Prefaces Nor was Puritanism a mere nightmare, an evil shadow of eastern gloom and fatalism, though this element did enter it, and was as it were the symptom and punishment of its essential error. George Bernard Shaw But to the mass of the people Puritanism was merely the suppression of further liberties, the prohibition of old customs, the stern abolition of Christmas revels and May-day games. The Rise of the Democracy In England, so far as I know, Puritanism, that has given us so great a poet as Milton, has never so flowered. Irish Plays and Playwrights With the rise of Puritanism the very existence of Christmas was threatened. Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse The new Puritanism has created an army of gladiators who are not only distinct from the hierarchy, but who, in many instances, actually command and intimidate the hierarchy. A Book of Prefaces But along with what was inspiring and direct in Puritanism Bernard Shaw has inherited also some of the things that were cumbersome and traditional. George Bernard Shaw In the latter half of the nineteenth century, England began to throw off the shackles of Puritanism, and to lose all interest in Whiggery. The Rise of the Democracy It is a pleasure to come upon a play of the North written in a spirit other than that of revolt against its Puritanism. Irish Plays and Playwrights Puritanism brought over with it in the Mayflower the anti-Christmas feeling to New England. Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse But the spirit of American Puritanism was on his side. A Book of Prefaces I cannot think that he has wholly escaped that element in Puritanism which may fairly bear the title of the taboo. George Bernard Shaw He was at least the quintessence of New England Puritanism, its last and deepest meaning and result, lifted into the regions of ethics and æsthetics. The Last Harvest As a moral and religious influence Puritanism was of the utmost importance in moulding the English—and American—character and it was, take it all in all, a noble thing. The Age of the Reformation But the repeal was bitter to old Puritanism, which kept up an ever attenuating protest even down to the early part of the present century. Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse What could be more erroneous than the common assumption that Puritanism is exclusively a Northern, a New England, madness? A Book of Prefaces Perhaps the most doubtful point of all in the play is why it is a play for Puritans; except the hideous picture of a Calvinistic home is meant to destroy Puritanism. George Bernard Shaw The mystical and mediæval side of Puritanism finds its embodiment in Hawthorne; its moral ideals shine in Bryant; its independency is incarnated in Emerson. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O As the pioneer of Puritanism in England he used his influence to make the Book of Common Prayer more Protestant. The Age of the Reformation In the midst of the wide popularity of the drama arose Puritanism, full of condemnation. The Growth of English Drama The most successful American politicians, beginning with the anti-slavery agitators, have been those most adept at twisting the ancient gauds and shibboleths of Puritanism to partisan uses. A Book of Prefaces Remember the religion in which he grew up, by his own very graphic account of it; a man is not entirely emancipated from such very positive Puritanism by anything so negative as Agnosticism. Gilbert Keith Chesterton There never was a time when we needed more the background of Puritanism. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O Puritanism and prudery have nowadays done their best to conceal the corruption and indecency beneath the surface. The Age of the Reformation The middle classes were emerging in a state of damaged Puritanism. The Victorian Age in Literature But here, in the main, we have asceticism more than Puritanism, as it is now visible; here the sinner combated is chiefly the one within. A Book of Prefaces He saw him as a Puritan yet without the religious basis of Puritanism. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Puritanism, in a word, is there, not only objectively, as Hawthorne tried to place it there, but subjectively as well. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) Scotland herself, for all her centuries of Puritanism, has not wiped her slate quite clean; still less the countries like Ireland and Brittany, which are so retentive of the past. Nature Mysticism After serving for about three years he became a convert to the Welsh Puritanism of the period, introduced by the eloquence and piety of the Revs. The Poetry of Wales In comstockery, if I do not err, the new Puritanism gave a sign of its formal departure from the old, and moral endeavour suffered a general overhauling and tightening of the screws. A Book of Prefaces Some blathering parsons say that this blessed Mission is teaching men to talk cant and Puritanism. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary Discarding the creed, the practice, and the language of Puritanism, Carlyle still retained its narrowness, its self-righteousness, its intolerance, and its savagery. Studies in Early Victorian Literature Accepting Puritanism, the easiest course for him would have been that of fanaticism, and had he taken that course he would certainly have had no lack of companions. Among Famous Books This may explain the shade of Puritanism in his character. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution But the new Puritanism—or, perhaps more accurately, considering the shades of prefixes, the neo-Puritanism—is a frank harking back to the primitive spirit. A Book of Prefaces In her the uncompromising spirit of Puritanism was so strong that it defeated its own ends. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel The changes in the past fifty years in reference to Sunday have indeed been very great, but we think they arise chiefly from a reaction from the too strict Puritanism of the past. The Olden Time Series, Vol. 3: New-England Sunday Gleanings Chiefly From Old Newspapers Of Boston And Salem, Massachusetts Puritanism waited for its hour of triumph to produce its great poet, who lived unmolested when the hour of triumph passed and that of reprisals succeeded. Adventures in Criticism Under the Tudors and James I the royal power had been growing more and more despotic, while at the same time the progress of the Protestant Reformation and of Puritanism had encouraged freedom of thought. The Leading Facts of English History This is the essential fact of the new Puritanism; its recognition of the moral expert, the professional sinhound, the virtuoso of virtue. A Book of Prefaces Contrast the political rôles of Puritanism and the Established Church. History of the United States "The Village," he said, "is a protest against Puritanism." Greenwich Village It has been already said that the morbid dread of anything which savoured either of Romanism or Puritanism tended to reduce the Church to a dead level of uniform dulness. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century He had served against the King in the civil wars, and later had become converted to Puritanism, and turned exhorter and itinerant preacher. The Leading Facts of English History Various observers have sought to direct the public attention to this significant corruption of the new Puritanism. A Book of Prefaces Puritanism in New England.—If the established faith made for imperial unity, the same could not be said of Puritanism. History of the United States He has strayed far from the creed of Puritanism. Life of John Milton The reign of Puritanism was of course wholly unfavourable to the art; the period of laxity that followed was no less so. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century The religious legislation of this period marks the strong reaction from Puritanism which had set in. The Leading Facts of English History In brief, Puritanism has become bellicose and tyrannical by becoming rich. A Book of Prefaces And here probably is the origin of that quarrel with Puritanism, at least in its more superficial and obvious aspects, which so coloured and sometimes barbed Arnold's meditations on Religion. Matthew Arnold Obstinate malignants had then nothing to expect but fine and forfeiture, and their son-in-law's Puritanism may have presented itself to the Powells in the light of a merciful dispensation. Life of John Milton The majority of the clergy shrank, not unnaturally, from anything which might seem in any degree to assimilate them either to Romanism or to Puritanism. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century |
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