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...sufficient, that did not carry with it the vindication of Puritanism. Its professors, says Macaulay, were " the most remarkable body of men, perhaps, which the world has ever produced. They were exposed to the utmost licentiousness of the press and of the stage, at the time when the...

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...ever produced. The odious parts of their character lie on the surface. Nor have there been wanting malicious observers to point them out. For many years...were the theme of unmeasured invective and derision. Most of their absurdities were external badges, like the signs of free masonry, or the dresses of friars....

...sternly kept with his country and with his fame. THE PURITANS. We would first speak of the Puritans, the most remarkable body of men, perhaps, which the...ever produced. The odious and ridiculous parts of thcir character lie on the surface. He that runs may read them ; nor have there bcen wanting attentive...

...parties from those who really deserved to be called partisans. We would speak first of the Puritans, th? the stormy altercations at the India House and in Parliament, amidst which his latter stage, at the time when the press and the stage were most licentious. They were not men of letters...

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...purify. Nor do we envy the man who can study " " '" THE PURITANS. "We would first speak of the Puritans, the most remarkable body of men, perhaps, which the...the utmost licentiousness of the press and of the stage, at the time when the press and the stage were most licentious. They were not men of letters...

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