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  • This is an art, like the culture it comes from, which also destroys, creating monsters for ones amusement in a bear-baiting like fashion.

    Gods and Monsters 2009

  • During that debate William Windham alluded to Bloomfield as an instance of the dangers consequent upon the labouring classes abandoning such traditional sports as bull and bear-baiting in favour of literature.

    Letter 88 2009

  • Two, in the protesting about the inhumane treatment of animals they demonstrated the enduring appeal of bear-baiting.

    Farmer Jim hounded over circus animals 2011

  • "Theaters were in the disreputable part of town, with pimps and gallows and bear-baiting," she said.

    Eats and Tweets in the Seats Pia Catton 2011

  • In the future, our descendants will look at the barbaric practice of caging animals in the same way that we look at our ancestors 'fondness for bear-baiting at mediaeval fairs.

    Archive 2009-11-01 2009

  • I'm pretty sure some of my neighbors would still turn up for bear-baiting or a nice drawing and quartering if it were going on down at the town green.

    where I work... runpunkrun 2008

  • The best feature of the novel for me was the period detail, covering topics as diverse as bear-baiting and the technical methods for making, mixing and storing gunpowder.

    Archive 2010-02-01 Carla 2010

  • The best feature of the novel for me was the period detail, covering topics as diverse as bear-baiting and the technical methods for making, mixing and storing gunpowder.

    The battle of Arfderydd or Arthuret Carla 2010

  • But players in the political game who've found it convenient to join the president in the BP bear-baiting should not delude themselves that BP is a free hit.

    The President's Animosities 2010

  • But players in the political game who've found it convenient to join the president in the BP bear-baiting should not delude themselves that BP is a free hit.

    Have media 'misconstructed' BP story? 2010

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