"In the seventeenth century, the science of medicine had not wholly cut asunder from astrology and necromancy; and the trusting Christian still believed in some occult influences, chiefly planetary, which governed not only his crops but his health and life." Alice Morse Earle 17th century 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"The men in those old days of the seventeenth century, when in constant dread of attacks by Indians, always rose when the services were ended and left the house before the women and children, thus making sure the safe exit... Alice Morse Earle 17th century 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"The seventeenth-century baby slept, as his nineteenth-century descendant does, in a cradle. Nothing could be prettier than the old cradles that have survived successive years of use with many generations of babies." Alice Morse Earle 17th century 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
