I was raised not so much in a puritan environment, but for the most part, a pretty healthy one.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I had a strong, really good upbringing, not puritanical.
You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the moment - a thing of the past - from what I can tell.
But we're still in somewhat a Puritanical society in a lot of ways.
Puritanism was a youthful, vigorous movement.
American society is still puritanical.
I'm cursed with this puritanical streak that makes me want everything to be about something. It's a terrible affliction.
Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
Honestly, because of the way women were treated, I wouldn't want to go back to Puritan times. I'm far too outspoken to be a woman in Puritan times.
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 to be unmarried.
I've discovered I am quite a puritanical person.