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... Puritan spirit . The popular conception of this attitude is expressed in Macaulay's often quoted phrase that the Puritans forbade bear - baiting , not because of the pain it caused the bear , but because of the pleasure it afforded the ...
... Puritan spirit . The popular conception of this attitude is expressed in Macaulay's often quoted phrase that the Puritans forbade bear - baiting , not because of the pain it caused the bear , but because of the pleasure it afforded the ...
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... Puritans and James I revolved around sports and Sabbath observance . Compulsory church attendance was a general rule in the early seventeenth century - not a Puritan invention ; but after service the day was often given over to ...
... Puritans and James I revolved around sports and Sabbath observance . Compulsory church attendance was a general rule in the early seventeenth century - not a Puritan invention ; but after service the day was often given over to ...
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... Puritan world . 44 This is illustrated in successive edicts with respect to ob- servance of the Sabbath . We learn from the statute books that on Saturday and Sunday young people were more and more freely taking " liberty to walk and ...
... Puritan world . 44 This is illustrated in successive edicts with respect to ob- servance of the Sabbath . We learn from the statute books that on Saturday and Sunday young people were more and more freely taking " liberty to walk and ...
Contents
IN DETESTATION OF IDLENESS 32 | 3 |
The End of the Fox Hunt | 11 |
HUSKINGBEES AND TAVERN SPORTS | 22 |
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