 | Robert Dodsley - 1761 - 380 pages
...upon the Spot ; frcfh ones are immediately fupplfed in the Place of thofe that are wounded, or tired. To this Entertainment, there often follows that of...whipping a blinded Bear, which is performed by five or fix Men, ftanding circularly with Whips, which they exercife upon him without any Mercy, as he cannot... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1771 - 390 pages
...upon him without any Mercy, as he cannot efcape from them becaufe of his Chain ; he defends himfelf with all .his Force and Skill, throwing down all who come within hii Reach, and are not active enough to get out of it, and tearing the Whips out of their Hands, and... | |
 | Paul Hentzner, Sir Robert Naunton - Great Britain - 1797 - 204 pages
...the fpot ; frefli ones are immediately fupplied in the places of thofe that are wounded, or tired. To this entertainment, there often follows that of...whipping a blinded bear, which is performed by five or fix men, ftanding circularly with whips, which they exercife upon him without any mercy, as he cannot... | |
 | 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...standing circularly with whips, which they exercise on him without mercy, as he cannot escape from them because of his chain. He defends himself with all... | |
 | 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...circularly with whips, which they exercise upon him without mercy, as he cannot escape from them because of his chain; he defends himself with all his force and... | |
 | 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...bear, which is performed by five or six men, standing circular with whips, which they exercise on him without mercy, as he cannot escape from them because... | |
 | Robert Dodsley, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Great Britain - 1821 - 304 pages
...baiting of bulls and hears, adds " To this entertainment there follows that of whipping a blinded hear; which is performed by five or six men, standing circularly with whips, which they exercise on him without mercy, as he cannot escape from them, hecause of his chain. He defends himself with... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 pages
...on the spot: fresh ones are immediately supplied in the place of those that are wounded and tired. To this entertainment, there often follows that of...which they exercise upon him without any mercy, as be cannot escape from them, because of his chain. At these spectacles, and every where else, the English... | |
 | 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...standing circularly with whips, which they exercise on him without mercy, as he cannot escape from them because of his chain." A less cruel, but not more... | |
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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 chain. He defends... 
