 In my time my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any other thing, and so I think other men did their children : he taught me how to draw, how to lay my body in my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms as divers other...  The Philosophy of Living - Σελίδα 129των Herbert Mayo - 1838 - 320 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | T. H. Hayhurst - 1887 - 352 σελίδες
...declaring that his father early taught him to shoot: " He taught me how to draw, how to lay my body on my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms as other nations do, but to draw with strength of body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength ; as I increased... | |
 | William Denton - 1888 - 358 σελίδες
...country which they had possessed at the 1 " He taught me how to draw, how to lay my body to my bow, not to draw with strength of arms, as other nations do, but with strength of the body." — Sermons, p. 197. See Elyot's Governor, book i., chap. 27 (p. 82, edit. 1565). 2 " He shot like... | |
 | John Anthony Sparvel-Bayly - 1889 - 248 σελίδες
...strongly urges the necessity for the practice of archery. He says : "In my time my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot as to learn me any other...of arms as other nations do, but with strength of body." It was to this practice, this custom of general training by which every man became in fact a... | |
 | 1890 - 838 σελίδες
...poor. In my time my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me other things, and so I. think other men did their children ; he...in my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms as divers other nations do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age... | |
 | John Spencer, Thomas Spencer, Frederic Chapman - 1891 - 388 σελίδες
...himself, nor for his children, or give a cup of drink to the poor. In my time my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot as to learn me any other...how to lay my body in my bow, and not to draw with the strength of arms, as divers other nations do, but with the strength of the body. I had my bows... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1897 - 272 σελίδες
...was twelve April 1549 : " In my time my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot as to Wrn (me) any other thing ; and so, I think, other men...to draw with strength of arms, as other nations do, hnt with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength ; as I increased... | |
 | Thiselton Mark - 1899 - 164 σελίδες
...were ordered to practise with the long-bow. Bishop Latimer says, " In my time my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot as to learn me any other...thing; and so, I think, other men did their children." Feats of courage and bodily strength constituted the ideal of chivalry. Hunting, horsemanship, and... | |
 | William Andrews - 1900 - 298 σελίδες
...other nations." " In my time," he said, " my father was as delighted to teach me to shoot as to learn any other thing ; and so, I think, other men did their children. He taught me to draw, how to lay my body and my bow, and not to draw with strength of arm, as other nations do,... | |
 | Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia - 1902 - 738 σελίδες
...in respect to archery. "In my time my poor father was as delighted to teach me to shoot as to learn any other thing; and so, I think, other men did their...children. He taught me how to draw, how to lay my body and my bow, and not to draw with strength of arm, as other nations do, but with strength of body. I... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1904 - 484 σελίδες
...fourteenth century the ecclesiastical revenue was twelve ' April 1549 : " In my time my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot as to learn (me) any...their children. He taught me how to draw, how to lay iny body in my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms, as other nations do, but with strength of... | |
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