 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...gentlemen were not seamen.1 History of England. Vol. i. Ch. 2. The Puritans hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.2 Ibid. Vol. i. Ch. 3. To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late, And how can... | |
 | Free Religious Association (Boston, Mass.). Meeting - 1876 - 522 pages
...suited the fanatical temperament of the Puritans, who, Macaulay says, disapproved of bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators ; so that in fifty or sixty years strict Sunday observance was adopted into the Westminster Catechism,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1876 - 508 pages
...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.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1876 - 506 pages
...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.... | |
 | James Hamblin Smith - 1876 - 184 pages
...fortitude, but not to taste pleasure with moderation. — Macaulay. The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectator. — Macaulay. NOTE. — Observe, in the last passage, how the balance is obtained by putting... | |
 | Richard Gosche, Franz Schnorr von Carolsfeld - 1877 - 650 pages
...purpose of protecting beasts against the wanton cruelty pf men. The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. ludeed, he generally contrived to enjoy the double pleasure of tormenting both spectators and bear".***... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1877 - 738 pages
...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.*... | |
 | Richard Gosche, Franz Schnorr von Carolsfeld - 1877 - 642 pages
...purpose of protecting beasts against the wanton cruelty of men. The Puritan hated 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 torruenting both spectators and bear".***... | |
 | J. L. Stackpole - 1879 - 28 pages
...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... | |
 | Henry Martyn Dexter - 1880 - 1166 pages
...quoted mot of all his History [ffist. 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... | |
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The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. 
