Puritan Movement

Famous quotes containing the words puritan and/or movement:

    “Down to the Puritan marrow of my bones
    There’s something in this richness that I hate.
    I love the look, austere, immaculate,
    Of landscapes drawn in pearly monotones.”
    —Elinor Wylie (1885–1928)

    “When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky, not a movement of the elements, not an aspiration of the breeze, but hints some cause for a lover’s apprehension.”
    —Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)