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Time, like a preacher in the days of the Puritans, turned the hour-glass on his high pulpit, the church belfry. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. — Thomas B. Macaulay
One of the most persistent images in American urbanism is that of the proverbial city on a hill, as first envisioned on these shores by… — Martin Filler
Our Puritan forefathers, though bitterly denouncing all forms and ceremonies, were great respecters of persons; and in nothing was the regard for wealth and position… — Alice Morse Earle
From the hour when the Puritan baby opened his eyes in bleak New England, he had a Spartan struggle for life. — Alice Morse Earle
In the early days of the New England colonies, no more embarrassing or hampering condition, no greater temporal ill, could befall any adult Puritan than… — Alice Morse Earle
What cultural DNA remains from those first Puritan forays onto American soil may be our love of a fresh start. — Nancy Gibbs
American art in general... takes to surreal exaggerations and metaphors; but its Puritan work ethic has little use for the playful self-indulgence behind Parisian Surrealism. — John Updike
We are drawn to artists who tell us that art is difficult to do and takes a spiritual effort, because we are still puritan enough… — John Updike
Liszt was a bit of a rock and roller at heart, but he was a bit of a puritan on his sounds. — Rick Wakeman
The result has been that although few conservative Presbyterian churches actually worship in the Puritan way, the Puritan theology of worship remains the standard orthodoxy… — John Frame
The Pilgrim and the Puritan whom we honor tonight were men who did a great deal of work in the world. They had their faults… — Henry Cabot Lodge
Puritan age is a golden age of the prose writing. — RMKATTA
Puritanism prolonged in America the medieval Christian view of the world and of human destiny. It taught men to distrust their natural inclinations as well… — Ralph Barton Perry

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