Bunyan


John, 1628–88, English preacher: author of The Pilgrim’s Progress.
Paul, Paul Bunyan.
Historical Examples

The Island Pharisees John Galsworthy
A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon John Lord, A.M.
Bunyan James Anthony Froude
Robert Elsmere Mrs. Humphry Ward
The Life of John Bunyan Edmund Venables
A Handful of Stars Frank W. Boreham
The Art of Letters Robert Lynd
A Handful of Stars Frank W. Boreham
Bunyan Characters (Second Series) Alexander Whyte
A Handful of Stars Frank W. Boreham

noun
John. 1628–88, English preacher and writer, noted particularly for his allegory The Pilgrim’s Progress (1678)

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