 | Robert Dodsley - 1761 - 380 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...Reach, and are not active enough to get out of it, and tearing the Whips out of their Hands, and breaking them. At thefe Spectacles, and every where elfe... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English essays - 1761 - 378 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...Reach, and are not active enough to get out of it, and tearing the Whips out of their Hands, and breaking them. At thefe Spe&ades, and every where e!fe... | |
 | 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
...he cannot efcape from them becaufe of his 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 tearing the whips out of their hands, and breaking them. At thefe fpectacles, and every where elfe,... | |
 | James Pettit Andrews - 1806 - 394 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Paul Hentzner - Great Britain - 1807 - 86 pages
...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 skiil, throwing down all who come within his reach and are not active enough to get out of it, and... | |
 | Robert Dodsley, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Great Britain - 1821 - 304 pages
...circularly with whips, which they exercise on him without mercy, as he cannot escape from 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... | |
 | John Nichols - England - 1823 - 680 pages
...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...reach, and are not active enough to get out of it, and tearing the whips out of their hands, and breaking them. At these spectacles, and every where else,... | |
 | 1869 - 514 pages
...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...reach, and are not active enough to get out of it, and tearing the whips out of their hands and breaking them." Another writer says : " Near to Paris... | |
 | English essays - 1833 - 614 pages
...Whipping the blind bear, says Hentzner, is performed by five or six men standing circularly with whips, which they exercise upon him without any mercy ; as...reach, and are not active enough to get out of it, and tearing the whips out of their hands, and breaking them. Laneham, that great master of epithets,... | |
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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... 
