...purpose of protecting beasts against the wanton cruelty of men. The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not 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.*...

...me of what Macaulay says of the Puritans. " The Puritans," says Macaulay, " hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators." Whatever your opinion may be, if you are in favor of emancipation, I do not greatly care whether you...

...deserve especial mention and remembrance, — Macaulay's, that the Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators ; and Charles Leland's, that a New Englander's idea of hell was a place where every one had to mind...

...stand, shapeless and nameless ruins in the MacauUy continued.] The Puritans hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.1 History of England. Vol. i. Ch. 2. To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late,...

...ruins of St. Paul's.* Review of Rankt?s History of the Popes. The Puritans hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.f History of England. Vol. i. C7i. 2. * The same image was employed by Macaulay in 1824,...

...than the present limits of that State, to make a collection of all the laws haled bear-baiting, not 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."...

...[MAT, and humorist also, said that the sedate Puritans put an end to bearbaiting, not because the sport gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. An old writer — I think it was Lily — speaking of a hypocrite, said that he never opened his mouth...

...or other unlawful exercises or pastimes. " The Puritans hated bear-baiting," wrote Macaulay, " not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators." 1 IN Chudleigh's Case one of the judges drew a parallel between Nebuchadnezzar's tree and the Statute...

...which we have just been speaking. Macaulay's hard saying, that " the Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators," is neither in strictness true, nor worthy of the grave historian of the English Revolution. The Puritans...

...which we have just been speaking. Macaulay's hard saying, that "the Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear but because it gave pleasure to the spectators," is neither in strictness true, nor worthy of the grave historian of the English Revolution. The Puritans...