Word: witchcraft
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...upon a suggestion derived from Hawthorne's "Feathertop"; but the purely satirical purpose of the original story is replaced by an ethical significance vastly more profound; and an action that begins in grotesque comedy closes in genuine tragedy. The seen is laid in New England in the days of witchcraft, and the story turns on the transformation by a witch and her diabolical ally of a scarecrow into a supposed English lord, who keeps up a semblance of humanity so long as he continues to smoke. The daring of the conception may be imagined when it is said that this...
...class of 1659. Willard was preaching at Groton, Massachusetts, in 1663, where he succeeded the Rev. John Miller. In 1667 he was called to the Old South Church in Boston, at which he preached many years, and did much toward relieving the suffering of those punished for witchcraft. In 1700 the General Court of Cambridge appointed him Vice-President of the College with all the powers of President, a position which he filled until his death in 1707. He was the author of over fifty-one works on religious subjects...