...common people. Such a one, it may be, as Macaulay had in his mind when he wrote that " the Puritans hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the...bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators." J He is styled " Sir Henry Rosewell, of Ford Abbey, in the county of Devon ; " and the possession of...

...travelling shows — which will suffice as exemplifications : — 1 " The Puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because...pleasure of tormenting both spectators and bear." — MACATTLAY'S History, I., 61. 2 "Audley House, in the county of Essex, about a mile south of Saffron...

...going on between our politicians and the clergy." Macaulay said : "The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because...pleasure of tormenting both spectators and bear." Our puritans in this matter are eminently strong and true to their instincts in contriving to enjoy...

...common people. Such a one, it may be, as Macaulay had in his mind when he wrote that " the Puritans hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the...bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators." 1 He is styled " Sir Henry Rosewell, of Ford Abbey, in the county of Devon ; " and the possession of...

...puppet-shows, bowls, horseracing, were regarded with no friendly eye ; hut bear-baiting, then a favourite diversion of high and low, was the abomination which...because it gave pleasure to the spectators. Indeed, h» generally contrived to enjoy the double pleasure of tormenting both spectators and bear.* * How...

...with unmistakable plainness. Lord Macaulay, describing the times of the Commonwealth, tells us that the " Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave...pleasure of tormenting both spectators and bear." In like manner it is impossible to avoid seeing that Mr. Lincoln declares the slaves in the South free,...

...of all amusements, innocent as well as harmless ? Macaulay observes, " The Puritans disapproved of bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave, pleasure to the people." Was Puritanism a struggle after true religion, or was it a mangling of the vestments of religion...

...persons also might say that they object to racing, as Macauley 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...

...might say that they object to racing, as Macanley says the early Puritans objected to bear-baitiug, " 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...

...Severe punishments were denounced against such as presumed to blame the Calvinistic form of worship. The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave...pleasure of tormenting both spectators and bear." In the introduction to Stephens's " Book of Common Prayer," it is said, " The measures which they [the...