Babington

Famous quotes containing the word babington:

“The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)

“We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)

“Persecution produced its natural effect on them. It found them a sect; it made them a faction.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)