6159. Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay. 1800-1859. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	6159
AUTHOR:	Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay (1800–1859)
QUOTATION:	The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	History of England. Vol. i. Chap. iii.

Note 1.
Even bear-baiting was esteemed heathenish and unchristian: the sport of it, not the inhumanity, gave offence.—Hume: History of England, vol. i. chap. lxii. [back]

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