 ... tired. To this entertainment, there often follows that of whipping a blinded bear, which is performed by five or six men, standing circularly with whips, which they exercise upon him without any mercy, as he cannot escape from them because of his...  The Sportsman - Sida 1881869Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Walter Thornbury - 1893 - 672 sidor
...supplied in the places of those that are wounded or tired. To this entertainment there often follows hat of whipping a blinded bear, which is performed by...reach, and are not active enough to get out of it; on which occasions he frequently tears the whips out of their hands, and breaks them. At these spectacles,... | |
 | Thomas Fairman Ordish - 1894 - 334 sidor
...entertainment there often follows that of whipping a blinded bear, which is performed by five or sir men, standing circularly with whips, which they exercise...tearing the whips out of their hands and breaking them. At these spectacles and everywhere else the English arc constantly smoaking tobacco. ... In these theatres,... | |
 | John Corbin - 1895 - 138 sidor
...immediately supplied in the places of those that are wounded, or tired. To this entertain 'Travels.' merit, there often follows that of whipping a blinded bear,...the whips out of their hands, and breaking them.' Such were the pastimes of our ancestors ; but whether the brutality of the spectacle Bear baiting.... | |
 | John Corbin - 1895 - 112 sidor
...which they exercise upon him without any mercy, as he cannot escape from them because of his chain ; II he defends himself with all his force and skill, throwing...the whips out of their hands, and breaking them.' Such were the pastimes of our ancestors ; but whether the -brutality of the spectacle Bear baiting.... | |
 | Thomas Fairman Ordish - 1899 - 334 sidor
...defends himself with all his force and skill, throwing down all who come within his reach, and arc not active enough to get out of it, and tearing the whips out of their hands and breaking them. At these spectacles and everywhere else the English arc constantly smoaking tobacco. ... In these theatres,... | |
 | Walter Besant - 1899 - 408 sidor
...although he cannot escape from them because of his chain, he nevertheless defends himself vigorously, throwing down all who come within his reach and are not active enough to get out of it, tearing the whips out of their hands and breaking them. At these spectacles, and everywhere else, the... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - 808 sidor
...himself with all his force and skill, throwing down all who come within his reach, and are not qnite active enough to get out of it, and tearing the Whips out of their hands and breaking them. At these Spectacles, and everywhere else, the English are constantly smoking Tobacco." Gilpin in his... | |
 | Karl Mantzius - 1904 - 300 sidor
...in the places of those that are wounded or tired. To this entertainment there often follows that of a blinded bear, which is performed by five or six...tearing the whips out of their hands and breaking them." Indeed, these excessively brutal sports were not only an amusement to the people : they were also very... | |
 | Joseph Strutt - 1801 - 474 sidor
...escape because of his chain ; he defends himself with all his force and skill, throwing down all that come within his reach, and are not active enough to...the whips out of their hands, and breaking them." Laneham, speaking of a bear-baiting exhibited before queen Elizabeth in 1575, says : " It was a sport... | |
 | Karl Mantzius - 1904 - 302 sidor
...English Dramatic Poetry, iii. p. 94. wounded or tired. To this entertainment there often follows that of a blinded bear, which is performed by five or six...tearing the whips out of their hands and breaking them." Indeed, these excessively brutal sports were not only • an amusement to the people : they were also... | |
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