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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... "
Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ... - Page 456
by George Burnett - 1813
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The Age of Transition, 1400-1580, Volume 2

Frederick John Snell - English literature - 1905 - 210 pages
...In my time my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot as to learn any other thing, and so I think other men did their children. He taught me how...in my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength. As I increased...
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Histoire de la littérature anglaise, Volume 1

Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1905 - 484 pages
...lime 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...my body in my bow, and not to draw with strength of arins as divers other nation do, but with strength of thc body. I had my bows bought me according to...
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A Literary History of the English People from the Renaissance to the Civil ...

Jean Jules Jusserand - English literature - 1906 - 594 pages
...all other nations," and he recalled the true principles of the art, as taught him by his father : " 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 do." 2 Nothing simpler and more familiar than Latimer's discourses, even when addressing...
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Historical Plays for Children

Amice Macdonell - Amateur plays - 1910 - 290 pages
...bow and arrow to AGACE.) Gobin. Aye, aye. Peter. Now drawing is the best part of archery. My father taught me how to draw, how to lay my body in my bow and not to draw with strength of arm as other nations do, but with strength of body. See you Enter, left, KING, with SIR T. HOLLAND,...
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A Dictionary of English Church History

Gordon Crosse - Church history - 1912 - 702 pages
...neglected. ' In my time my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot as to learn me any other thing ; 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 do, but with strength of the body.' At Cambridge he became a Fellow of Clare Hall, and,...
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The Case for Compulsory Military Service

George Gordon Coulton - Draft - 1917 - 432 pages
...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...my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms, as other l nations do, but with strength of the body : I had my bows bought me, according to 1 As divers...
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A Short History of Education

John William Adamson - Education - 1919 - 396 pages
...poore father was as diligent to teach me to Shoote as to learne me any other thing, and so I thinke other men did their children. He taught me how to draw, how to lay my body in my bowe, and not to draw with strength of armes as other nations doe, but with strength of the body. I...
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History of English Literature, Volume 1

Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1920 - 476 pages
...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 iu my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms, as other nations do, but with strength of the body....
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The Law Quarterly Review, Volume 37

Frederick Pollock - Law - 1921 - 546 pages
...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 lay my body in my bow, and not to draw with the strength of arras as divers other nations do, but with strength of body ... it is a worthy game,...
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Readings in English Social History, from Pre-Roman Days to A.D. 1837

Robert Burns Morgan - Great Britain - 1923 - 696 pages
...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...in my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms as other nations do, but with strength of body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength...
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