"Even bear-baiting was esteemed heathenish and unchristian: the……" — Alexander Hume

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• More non-fringe, non-radical homosexuals emerge into public view every day. As the stereotype of the homosexual as antisocial deviant crumbles,… — Jonathan Rauch
• Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, the baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor man's… — Philip Sidney
• Ronald Reagan was an anti-government, union-busting, race baiting, anti-abortion, anti-gay, anti-intellectual, who cut rich people's taxes in half, had a… — Bill Maher
• In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse. — Hector Hugh Munro
• Fascists are flourishing politically in France and Italy, and now comes the murder of Pim Fortuyn, a populist politician who… — David Pryce-Jones
• The single most important technique for making progress is to write ten words. Doesn't matter if you're badly stuck, or… — Naomi Novik
• Calling Michelle 'Obama Barack's baby mama?' Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren't the only targets. Fox's pattern… — Nas
• Her lips tarried at mine. Baiting each other with the warmth of our breath, barely grazing, detouring, then connecting. — Craig Thompson
• I felt like one who wants to trap and cage a little bird, and after years of waiting and luring… — Elizabeth Wein
• The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. — Thomas B. Macaulay
• It is true that the Puritans banned all recreation on Sundays and all games of chance, gambling, bear baiting, horse… — Leland Ryken
• If this Nation really wants to create an effective border security policy, we need to have a debate that includes… — Raul Grijalva

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