 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 nations do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength ;...  The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature - Sida 231808Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1868 - 352 sidor
...do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength ; as I increased in them, so my bows were made bigger and...game, a wholesome kind of exercise, and much commended in physic.' * So Drayton sings of Robin Hood's famous bowmen: — All made of Spanish yew, their bows... | |
 | William Meynell Whittemore - 1868 - 592 sidor
...nations do, but with strength of the body. I had bows bought me according to my age and strength; as I increased in them, so my bows were made bigger and...shoot well except they be brought up in it. It is a goodly art, a wholesome kind of exercise, and much commended in physic." The Cambridge University,... | |
 | 518 sidor
...do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength j as I increased in them, so my bows were made bigger and...men shall never shoot well except they be brought up to it. It is a goodly art, a wholesome kind of exercise, and much commended in physic." exercise, and... | |
 | 1870 - 790 sidor
...nations do, but with strength of body. I had my bow bought me, according to my age and strength ; as I increased in them, so my bows were made bigger and...men shall never shoot well except they be brought up to it. It is a goodly art, a wholesome kind of exercise, and much commended as physic." The range of... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 554 sidor
...do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength ; as I increased in them, so my bows were made bigger and...shoot well except they be brought up in it. It is a goodly art, a wholesome kind of exercise, and much commended in physic. ' 1 Pict. Hist. i. 802. In... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 556 sidor
...do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength ; as I increased in them, so my bows were made bigger and...shoot well except they be brought up in it. It is a goodly art, a wholesome kind of exercise, and much commended in physic. ' 1 Pict. Hist. i. 802. In... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 sidor
...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....game, a wholesome kind of exercise, and much commended in physic. HIS EXAMINATION BEFORE THE BISHOPS. I was once in examination before five or six bishops,... | |
 | 1872 - 416 sidor
...nations do, but with strength of body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength ; as I increased in them so my bows were made bigger and bigger; for men shall never shoot or do anything else well except they be brought up to it; it is a goodly art, a wholesome kind of exercise,... | |
 | Henry Major - 1873 - 168 sidor
...do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength ; as I increased in them, so my bows were made bigger and...game, a wholesome kind of exercise, and much commended in physic. LATIMEK. NAPOLEON AND THE SAILOR. Napoleon-Yrench Emperor Boulogne — a town in N. France... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1873 - 478 sidor
...body. I had my bows bouglit me according to my âge and strength; as I increased in them, so my bDWs were made bigger and bigger, for men shall never shoot...worthy game, a wholesome kind of exercise, and much commendeJ in physic. 1. Pietorial history, I, 802. En 1245, 1246, 1376. A. Thierry, ni, 79. jugés... | |
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