"Puritanically" Quotes from Famous Books
... much more successful. He renewed his father's edict for allowing sports and recreations on Sunday to such as attended public worship; and he ordered his proclamation for that purpose to be publicly read by the clergy after divine service.[****] Those who were Puritanically affected refused obedience, and were punished by suspension or deprivation. The differences between the sects were before sufficiently great; nor was it necessary to widen ... — The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. - From Charles I. to Cromwell • David Hume |