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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.. - Página 102
por William Minto - 1881 - 548 páginas
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volumen54

1831 - 652 páginas
...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, Volumen1

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 páginas
...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, Volumen199

1893 - 840 páginas
...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 páginas
...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, Volumen1

Half hours - 1847 - 614 páginas
...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, Volumen2

Charles Knight - 1848 - 428 páginas
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The History of England from the Accession of James II, Volumen1

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 664 páginas
...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, Volumen1

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 470 páginas
...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, Volúmenes1-2

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 416 páginas
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The History of England: From the Accession of James the Second

Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1849 - 884 páginas
...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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