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...he habits of a society opposed to the rigor of their own prin- ciples, the Puritans went forth to seek some rude and unfre- quented part of the world,... ...e civil parts of the world.” It must not be imagined that the piety of the Puritans was of a merely speculative kind, or that it took no cognizance of... ...rolling their wandering propensities; by the Jesuits in Canada, and by the Puritans in New England;* but none of these endeavors were crowned by any l... ... acquainted with, and of which a few words will suffice to remind him. The Puritans who founded the American republics were not only enemies to amusem... ... profound reflections, such as the following: – “Before the arrival of the Puritans,” says he (vol. i. chap. iv.), “there were more than a few attempt... ...nd country which he describes. In his account of the motives which led the Puritans to seek an asylum beyond seas, he says: – “The God of Heaven serve...

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... fact, one of those people of exalted principles, one of those opinionated puritans of whom England produces so many, one of those good and insupporta...

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...father of his country. His life was saved by his daughter Pochahantas. The Puritans found an insane asylum in the wilds of America. The Stamp Act was ...

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... settlement. The In- dians were seen as evil and devil-worshippers by many Puritans. There was also at this time a new doctrine in international law, ...

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...d deeper grounded, by hereditary descent, in the faith and practice of the Puritans,—what man can be presented for the suffrage of the people, so emin...

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...Balderstone, Dominie Sampson—all the famil iar throng—with cavaliers, and Puritans, and Highland chiefs innumerable overflowing the chamber, and fadi...

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...as shopkeeping in the towns and farm- ing in the country, the class of the Puritans, the Quakers, the first manufacturers, the class whose mentally ac...

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...lizabeth never would con- sent to this; and these people called themselves Puritans, and 83 Charlotte M. Yonge continued to object to the E... ...ll the long and bloody wars that had gone on for so many years. Still, the Puritans thought that, as James had been brought up in their way of thinkin... ...forehead, nor obey the other laws of the Prayer-book, he was punished. The Puritans were greatly displeased. They fancied the king and Dr. Laud wanted... ...ir shoulders, but cut short round their heads. Most of the Roundheads were Puritans, and hated the Prayer-book, and all the strict rules for religious... ...e only bold, dashing men, careless and full of mirth and mischief; and the Puritans were apt to think all amusements and pleasures wrong, so that they... ...avalier set came to be called T ories, an Irish name for a robber, and the Puritans got the Scotch name of Whigs, which means buttermilk. It would hav...

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...henceforth removed. Doubtless, however, either of these stern and black browed Puritans would have thought it quite a sufficient retribution for his si... ...a man’s shoulders above the street. Had there been a Papist among the crowd of Puritans, he might have seen in this beautiful woman, so picturesque in... ... of a witch’s anathemas in some unknown tongue. The truth was, that the little Puritans, being of the most intolerant brood that ever lived, had got a... ...only child to whom this inauspicious origin was assigned among the New England Puritans. 7 THE GOVERNOR’S HALL H ESTER PRYNNE went one day to the man... ...s the two wayfarers came within the precincts of the town, the children of the Puritans looked up from their player what passed for play with those so... ... bitter laugh. It was his custom, too, as it has been that of many other pious Puritans, to fast — not however, like them, in order to purify the body... ...lready was, and continued to be during the greater part of two centuries — the Puritans compressed whatever mirth and public joy they deemed allowable... ...hout yielding the minutest degree of control over her motions in requital. The Puritans looked on, and, if they smiled, were none the less inclined to...

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...of Sussex. W e must note here that there is certain sect in England called Puritans; these, according to the doctrine of the Church of Geneva, reject ... ...rank among Churchmen, such as bish- ops, deans, &c.; they were first named Puritans by the Jesuit Sandys. They do not live separate, but mix with thos...

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...s. But then he immediately added that if Mrs. Vivian was a daughter of the Puritans, the Puritan strain in her dispo- 50 Confidence sition had been m... ...y’s distress at having her veracity tested. “Dear little daugh- ter of the Puritans—she can’t tell a fib!” Bernard ex- claimed to himself. And with th...

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...eane somewhat earlier: Franklin remained till 1785.) the sons of the Saxon Puritans, with their Old-Saxon tem- per, Old-Hebrew culture, sleek Silas, s...

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...ith him. She still had her high moral sense, inherited from generations of Puritans. It was now a religious instinct, and she was almost a fanatic wit...

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...ne some- what earlier: Franklin remained till 1785.) the sons of the Saxon Puritans, with their Old-Saxon temper, Old-Hebrew culture, sleek Silas, sle...