...all sports there are many persons who exemplify Macaulay's remark about the Puritans, — that " they hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectator." These extremists, and those who sincerely believe that it is wrong to take the life of...

...that perhaps most quoted mot of all his History [Hist. Eng. (Harper's ed.), i: 151]: "The Puritans hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the...bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators." and dishevelled hair, and every token of frenzied excitement, before I conclude him insane it will...

...Stow's Annales, ed. 1631. * Act III. sc. vii. U. 150 — 155. * "The Puriian hated bearbaiting, noL because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. Indeed, he generally contrived to enjoy the double pleasure of tormenting both spectators and bear."...

...The Puritans hated." See chapter ii., voL i., of MACACLAY'S History of England. " Not," he says, " because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators." Hume said exactly the same thing in chapter Ixii., vol. i., of his History of England. " Even bear-beating...

...Pantheon and the Forest Primeval alike instinct with the great Oversoul, and vocal with the music of God." EVERY one is familiar and has been amused with Macaulay's...unchristian ; the sport, not the inhumanity, gave offense." Inasmuch as Macaulay's mot is known the world over and Hume's scarcely at all, we have evidence...

...in the discipline and doctrines of the Church, had remained constant to nothing but the benefice." "The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave...bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. Indeed he generally contrived to enjoy the double pleasure of tormenting both spectators and bear."...

...326. It's not the linen you're wearing out. But human creatures' lives. h. HOOD— Sony of the Shirt. i. MACAUbAY--//isfon/ of England. Vol. I. Ch. III. As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods ; They...

...were interdicted, and the most innocent recreations condemned. The Puritans, as Macaulay tells us, " hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the...bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators." From the time when Endicott and Standish struck down the pretty " Maypole of Merry Mount " (which Mr....

...the linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives, li. HOOD— Sony of ihe Shirt. The Puritans Keeler i. MiCAULAY- History of England. Vol. I. Ch. III. As flies to wanton boys are we to the god?; They...

...were interdicted, and the most innocent recreations condemned. The Puritans, as Macaulay tells us, " hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the...bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators." From the time when Endicott and Standish struck down the pretty " Maypole of Merry Mount " (which Mr....