English Literature

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) the admirable Daniel. The style and language are just such as any pure and manly writer ...

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) ing as an epitome of the whole age in which he lived; but the average reader is more in ...

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) Of all these poets, each of whom has his special claim, we can consider here only Donne ...

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) this time is not a song of youthful romance, but "The Progress of the Soul," a study of ...

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) an hour’s feeding. One who reads much will probably be- wail Donne’s lack of any consis ...

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) not a poet of the first half of the seventeenth century, not even the gayest of the Cav ...

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) one reads the whole story by Izaak Walton can he share the gentle spirit of Herbert’s p ...

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) "Essay on Man," and Polonius’s advice to Laertes, inHamlet; only it is more packed with ...

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) He would adore my gifts instead of me, And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature: So bo ...

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) THOMAS CAREW (1598?-1639?). Carew may be called the inventor of Cavalier love poetry, a ...

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) sympathy the country life about him and caught its spirit in many lyrics, a few of whic ...

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take T ...

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) Age. While Shakespeare and Ben Jonson and their unequaled company of wits make merry at ...

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) poorer were either to be taken away. From childhood Milton’s parents set him apart for ...

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) this period of Milton’s life is his splendid ode, ’"On the Morn- ing of Christ’s Nativi ...

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) studying hard at mathematics, science, theology, and music,– a curious combination. To ...

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) of personal ambitions in order to join in the struggle for hu- man liberty. In his best ...

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) understanding of a woman’s nature. When his wife, fear- ing for her position, appeared ...

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) ture. The power of the press was already strongly felt in Eng- land, and the new Common ...

CHAPTER VII. THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) blind, alone, afflicted by thoughtless enemies but preserving a noble ideal to the end, ...