| Amid the federal election's accusations and recriminations, snake bites and bear-baiting, a bit of mirth did manage to sneak in. |
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| Some say that it is nearer to bear-baiting than your actual sport and, I am forced to admit, sometimes blood has been drawn. |
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| Humanitarians and Evangelicals sought to abolish pastimes such as cock-fighting and bear-baiting. |
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| How long before we accept bear-baiting and cock-fighting because it's accepted by certain cultures? |
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| The Left are true descendants of Cromwell's Puritans and their attitude to bear-baiting. |
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| It has got to be as terrific for the emotional growth of Britain's young people as, say, bear-baiting was for the Elizabethans. |
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| By the time of Elizabeth's death in 1603, Tudor England still had bear-baiting, cock-fighting and what were known as bear-gardens. |
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| With bear-baiting, the bear is chained to a pole and the spectators are locked in the Bear Garden ostensibly for their own protection. |
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| If the right to hunt foxes is a question of civil liberties, so is the right to organise bear-baiting and cockfights. |
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| Between April and October, the town crier issues a daily proclamation at the High Cross, where in bygone times you would have found bear-baiting, stocks and a whipping post. |
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| They made bear-baiting illegal for the pleasure it gave to the spectators. |
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| Southwark has long been the dark side of London, with the southern banks of the Thames home to brothels, bear-baiting and some bloke called William Shakespeare. |
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| Gorboduc was doing poor business at The Globe, and people were obsessed with cock-fighting and bear-baiting and didn't give a fig for the live theatre. |
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| The council should be aware that enunciating this name has become a pub sport, alongside bar billiards, pool, darts, bear-baiting, dominos and international cricket. |
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| They've always been fond of bear-baiting and allied blood sports. |
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| Bear-baiting and bull-baiting were as popular as reality TV shows are today. |
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