Answer:You are held as one holds a twittering spider over the fire.
Explanation: This is the answer because it is describing something so the reader can imagine it.
Puritans as a political entity largely disappeared, but Puritan attitudes and ethics continued to exert an influence on American society. They made a virtue of qualities that made for economic success—self-reliance, frugality, industry, and energy—and through them influenced modern social and economic life.
