 ... 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 chain;...  Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects - Page 269by Robert Dodsley - 1761Full view - About this book
 | Robert Dodsley - English essays - 1771 - 386 pages
...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...enough to get out of it, and tearing the Whips out of iheir Hands, and breaking them. - At- thefe Spe&acles, and- every- wb-ere . elfe, clfe the Englijh... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1771 - 390 pages
...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...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
...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...chain ; he defends himfelf with all his force and fkill, throwing down all who come within his reach, and are not active enough to get out of it, and... | |
 | James Pettit Andrews - 1806 - 394 pages
...because of his chain. He defends himself with all his force and skill, throwing down all those that come within his reach, and are not active enough to get out of it f and tearing their whips out of their hands, and breaking them. At this spectacle, and every where... | |
 | Robert Dodsley, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Great Britain - 1821 - 304 pages
...them, hecause of his chain. He defends 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 whips out of their hands, and breaking them. At this spectacle, and every where else," he'adds,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1838 - 744 pages
...upon him without any mercy, as he cannot escape from them because of his chain ; he defends himself 5. ยง '1M- golden stamp was the coin called an angel, from the figure which it bore, and was worth t lo get out of it, and tearing the whips out of their hands, and breaking them." Slowe, in the edition... | |
 | John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1841 - 356 pages
...upon him without any mercy, as he cannot escape from them hecause of his chain. He defends himself with all his force and skill, throwing down all who come within his reach, and are not quite active enough to get out of it, and tearing the whips out of their hands and hreaking them. At... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1843 - 970 pages
...without any mercy, as he cannot escape from them because of his chain ; he defends himself with all liis (he whips out of their hands, and breaking them." Stowc, in the edition of his Survey printed in 1618,... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 430 pages
...any merey, as he eannot eseape from them beeause of his chains. He defends himself with all his foree and skill, throwing down all who come within his reach, and are not active enough to gct out of it, and tearing the whips out of their hands and breaking them." He then dilates on the... | |
 | Brand - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 544 pages
...fatal to the head of the reformed party." escape from them because of his chain. He defends himself with all his force and skill, throwing down all who come within his reach, and are not quite active enough to get out of it, and tearing the whips out of their hands and breaking them. At... | |
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