 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 ページ
...bow, and not to draw with strength of arms as divers other nations do, but with strength of the body. ll he did retain, Which rightly should possess a poet's...which Charles Lamb says, ' moves pity and terror b worthy game, a wholesome kind of exercise, and much commended in physic. [Hasty Judgment.] Here I hare... | |
 | James Mackness - 1850 - 212 ページ
...so my bows were made bigger and bigger, for men shall never shoot well unless they be brought up to it. It is a goodly art, a wholesome kind of exercise, and much commended in physic." Fencing is also a good exercise for boys, if not carried beyond moderation; so also is the game called... | |
 | 1859 - 748 ページ
...my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms, as other nations do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength...increased in them so my bows were made bigger and bigger " As to the time of his birth, it has, we think, been satisfactorily established to have been 1490... | |
 | 1852 - 1170 ページ
...to draw with strength of arms, as other nations do, but with strength of body. I had my bows brought me according to my age and strength : as I increased...in them, so my bows were made bigger and bigger." The length of the full-sized bow appears to have been about six feet: the arrow, three. The distance... | |
 | 1856 - 504 ページ
...bow — not to draw with strength of arm, >» other nations do, but with the strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength ; a» I increased in these my bows were made bigger and bigg"* Under this education, and in the wholesome... | |
 | 1853 - 428 ページ
...my bow ; and not to draw with strength of arms, as other nations do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength...never shoot well except they be brought up in it." Several of the kings of England were noted for their skill with this weapon. AVilliam I. was ever employed... | |
 | 1853 - 420 ページ
...my bow ; and not to draw with strength of arms, as other nations do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength...never shoot well except they be brought up in it." Several of the kings of England were noted for their skill with this weapon. William I. was ever employed... | |
 | 1853 - 422 ページ
...my bow ; and not to draw with strength of arms, as other nations 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 hows were made bigger and bigger : for men shall never shoot well except they be brought up in it."... | |
 | Governess - 1855 - 884 ページ
...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...shoot well except they be brought up in it ; it is a worthy game, a wholesome kind of exercise, and much commended in physic. — Bishop Latimer's Sermons.... | |
 | H. D. - 1855 - 74 ページ
...in my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms as other nations do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength...shoot well except they be brought up in it. It is a godly art, a wholesome kind of exercise, and much commended in physic." Archery meetings were often... | |
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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 other nations... 
