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" The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. "
A Manual of English Prose Literature.. - Page 102
by William Minto - 1881 - 548 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 54

1831 - 652 pages
...persecuting the saints during the reign of the strumpets — and more than one priest who, during repeated changes in the discipline and doctrines of the church, had remained constant to nothing hut his benefice. One of the most remarkable passages in the Pilgrim's Progress, is that in which the...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 pages
...persecuting the saints during the reign of the strumpets ; and more than one priest who, during repeated changes in the discipline and doctrines of the church, had remained constant to nothing but his benefice. One of the most remarkable passages in the Pilgrim's Progress, is that in which the proceedings...
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The Living Age, Volume 199

1893 - 840 pages
...Christmastree equally with the Maypole, and raged against bear-baiting, not, in Macaulay's famous phrase, because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators, were as violent as Laud himself in subordinating the cause of truth to their own particular shibboleths....
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...persecuting the saints during the reign of the strumpets; and more than one priest who, during repeated tribute, repelled the armies of the government from his benefice. One of the most remarkable passages in the Pilgrim's Progress, is that in which the proceedings...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 1

Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...persecuting the saints during the reign of the strumpets, and more than one priest who, during the repeated changes in the discipline and doctrines of the Church, had remained constant to nothing but his benefice. One of the most remarkable passages in the ' Pilgrim's Progress ' is that in which the...
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Half-hours with the Best Authors, Volume 2

Charles Knight - 1848 - 428 pages
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The History of England from the Accession of James II, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 664 pages
...the Legislature to interfere for the purpose of protecting beasts against the wanton cruelty of men. The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave...pleasure of tormenting both spectators and bear.* Perhaps no single circumstance more strongly illus* How little compassiou for the bear had to do with...
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The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 470 pages
...the legislature to interfere for the purpose of protecting beasts against the wanton cruelty of men. The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave...pleasure of tormenting both spectators and bear.* Perhaps no single circumstance more strongly illustrates the temper of the precisians than their conduct...
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The History of England: From the Accession of James the Second, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1849 - 884 pages
...legislature to interfere for the purpose of protecting beasts against the wanton cruelty of men. The'Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the...double pleasure of tormenting both spectators and bear. * *How litlle compassion for the bear had to do with the matter is sufficiently proved by the following...
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