| Robert Dodsley - 1761 - 380 pages
...fometimes happens they are killed upon the Spot ; frcfh ones are immediately fupplfed in the Place of thofe that are wounded, or tired. To this Entertainment,...Chain ; he defends himfelf with all his Force and Skill, throwing down all who come within his Reach, and are not active enough to get out of it, and... | |
| Robert Dodsley - English essays - 1761 - 378 pages
...immediately fupplied in the Place of thofe that are wounded, or tired. To this Entertainment, tfierc often follows that of whipping a blinded Bear, which is performed by five or fix Men, {landing circularly with Whips, which they exercife upon him without any Mercy, as he cannot efcape... | |
| English literature - 1765 - 374 pages
...fometimes happens they are killed upon the Spot ; frefli ones are immediately fupplied in the Place of thofe that are wounded, or tired. To this Entertainment, there often follows that of whipping ablinded Bear, which is performed by five or fix Men, {landing circularly with Whips, which they exercife... | |
| James Pettit Andrews - 1806 - 394 pages
...traveller Frequently quoted in this work, after describing the baiting of bulls and bears, adds, « 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 on him without mercy, as he cannot escape... | |
| Paul Hentzner - Great Britain - 1807 - 86 pages
...upon the spot; fresh ones are immediately supplied in the places of those that are wounded or tiu'd. 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 mercy, as he cannot escape... | |
| Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1817 - 708 pages
...of those that are wounded or tired." He then adds an account of a still more inhuman pastime : — " 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... | |
| 1839 - 642 pages
...of a goodly reliefe, &c.' " Paul Hentzner, after describing the baiting of bulls and bears, adds, ' To this entertainment there often follows that of...whipping a blinded bear, which is performed by five or six men, standing circular with whips, which they exercise on him without mercy, as he cannot escape... | |
| John Nichols - England - 1823 - 680 pages
...sometimes happens they are killed upon (he spot : fresh ones are immediately supplied in the place of those that are wounded, or tired. To this Entertainment,...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... | |
| Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 pages
...killed on the spot: fresh ones are immediately supplied in the place of those that are wounded and tired. To this entertainment, there often follows...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 be cannot... | |
| 1825 - 424 pages
...amusement. Hentzner, after describing the baiting of bulls and bears, adds, " To this entertainment there follows that of whipping a blinded bear ; which :is performed by five or six men, standing circularly with whips, which they exercise on him without mercy, as he cannot escape... | |
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