 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...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Página 4861833Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | George Walter Thornbury - 1880 - 678 páginas
...of whipping a blinded bear, which is performed by five or six men, standing circularly with whi^s, which they exercise upon him without any mercy, as...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,... | |
 | Aungervyle society - 1881 - 360 páginas
...wounded or 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 mercy, as he cannot escape from them because of his chain; he defends himself with all his force and... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1883 - 876 páginas
...wounded or tired. To this entertainment there often follows that of whipping a blinded bear, which is performed by five or six men standing circularly...as he cannot escape from them because of his chain ' ! Skelton wrote : ' If you, therefore, go to witness a bearlight, Be sure God His curse will upon... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1890 - 272 páginas
...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 from them, because of his chain. He defends himself with... | |
 | James Henry Carlisle - 1890 - 312 páginas
...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 from them, because of his chain. He defends himself with... | |
 | Edmund Fillingham King - 1894 - 712 páginas
...this entertainment there often follows that of whipping a blinded bear, which is performed by tiye or six men, standing circularly with whips, which...without any mercy, as he cannot escape from them because ot his chain. He defends himself with all his force and skill, throwing down all who come within his... | |
 | John Corbin - 1895 - 112 páginas
...wounded, or tired. To this entertainment, there often follows that of whipping a blinded bear, which is performed by five or six men, standing circularly...as he cannot escape from them because of his chain ; II he defends himself with all his force and skill, throwing down all who come within his reach,... | |
 | 1897 - 1122 páginas
...performed by five or six men standing circularly with whips, which they exercise upon him without mercy, ns he cannot escape from them because of his chain. He...himself with all his force and skill, throwing down those that come •within his reach, and are not active enough to get out of it ; and tearing their... | |
 | Thomas Fairman Ordish - 1899 - 334 páginas
...wounded or tired. To this entertainment there often follows that of whipping a blinded bear, which is performed by five or six men, standing circularly...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.... | |
 | Walter Besant - 1899 - 408 páginas
...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... | |
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