 | New Shakspere Society (Great Britain) - 1880 - 306 pages
...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."... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 724 pages
...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... | |
 | 1881 - 692 pages
...has been amused with Macaulay's characteristic assertion that " the Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators." Few readers, however, are probably aware that Hume expresses identically the same idea. " Bear-baiting,"... | |
 | William Minto - 1881 - 596 pages
...the Church, had remained constant to nothing but the benefice." "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 tormenting both spectators and bear."... | |
 | John Nichol - 1882 - 528 pages
...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.... | |
 | 1882 - 1434 pages
...out, But human creatures' lives, li. HOOD— Sony of ihe Shirt. The Puritans hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. i. MiCAULAY- History of England. Vol. I. Ch. III. As flies to wanton boys are we to the god?; They... | |
 | John Nichol - 1882 - 496 pages
...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.... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 pages
...But human creatures' lives. A. HOOD— Hong of the Shirt. The Puritans hated bearbaiting, not becanee it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. i. MACAULAÏ- History of England. Vol. I. Ch. Ш. As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; They... | |
 | 1883 - 456 pages
...which most strongly stirred the wrath of the austere sectaries. 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 tormenting both spectators and bear."... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...gentlemen ; and the gentlemen were not seamen.3 Vol. i. Ch. 2. The Puritans hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.3 Vol. i. Ch. 3. 1 Compare Fielding. Page 308. - I have read their platform; but I pee nothing... | |
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The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. 
