...persons also might say that they object to racing, as Macau Icy says the early Puritans objected* to bear-baiting, "not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators." Undoubtedly, the practice of betting is intimately associated with the turf; but so it also is with...

...the 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 scale ; who...

...the legislature to interfere for the purpose of protecting beasts against the wanton cruelty of men. The Puritan hated bearbaiting, 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.*...

...been satirized. Two sayings respecting it deserve especial mention and remembrance, — Macaulay's, that the Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it...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...

...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 whether you...

...Westminster Abbey shall 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,...

...London 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 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...

...was faulty in respect to the very matter of which we have just been speaking. Macaulay's hard saying, that " the Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because...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...