...Bells and the Fudges, and their historians. — SHELLEY. Dedication to Peter Bell The Puritans hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.* History of England. Vol. i. Ch. 2. WASHINGTON IRVING. 1783-1859. Free-livers on a small...

...interfere for the 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...

...sayings respecting it 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...

...distinction. It reminds 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...

...Bridge to sketch the 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,...

...included a wider range 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...

...[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...

...the very matter of 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," ia neither in strictness true, nor worthy of the grave historian of the English Revolution....

...the very matter of 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....

...present day because it is a protest against this opinion. Macaulay said that the Puritans disliked bear-baiting', not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the men. In the same way, modern thought sets its face against intolerance, not because intolerance denies...