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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 divers other... "
History of English Literature - Page 152
by Hippolyte Taine - 1908
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The sermons of ... Hugh Latimer ... many of which were ... on the ..., Volume 1

Hugh Latimer (bp. of Worcester.) - 1758 - 568 pages
...moot, as to learn me any other thing ; and fo I think other men did their children : he taught me hoyir to draw, how to lay my body in my bow, and not to draw with ftrength of arms, as divers other nations do, but with ftrength of the body : I had my bows bought...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 1

George Burnett - 1807 - 508 pages
...himself, nor for his children, or give a cup of drink to the poor. In my |ime my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any...: he taught me how to draw, how to lay my body in rny bow, and not to draw with strength of arms as divers other nations do, but with strength of the...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 1

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 944 pages
...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 thing, and so 1 think other men did their children: he taught me how to draw, how to lay my body in my bow, and not...
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature

English literature - 1808 - 606 pages
...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 thing, and so 1 think other men did their children : he taught me how to draw, how to lay my body in my bow, and...
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The lives of reformers, Volume 1

William Gilpin - 1809 - 546 pages
...much esteemed in the realm, in which we excel all other nations. In my time, my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any other thing; jind so I think other men did their children. He taught me how to draw, how to lay my frody in my bow,...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1813 - 508 pages
...himJTelf, 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 thing, *nd so 1 think other men did their children: he taught me how to draw, how to lay my body in my , bow,...
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Historical and Biographical Works, Volume 11

John Strype - 1822 - 542 pages
...to shoot, as to " learn him any other thing. He taught him how to draw, " how to lay his body in his bow, and not to draw with " strength of arms, as other nations do, but with strength " of the body. And he had his bows brought him accord" ing to his age and strength ; and as he increased in them,...
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Ecclesiastical memorials; relating chiefly to religion, and the reformation ...

John Strype - 1822 - 540 pages
...to shoot, as to " learn him any other thing. He taught him how to draw, " how to lay his body in his bow, and not to draw with " strength of arms, as other nations do, but with strength " of the body. And he had his bows brought him accord" ing to his age and strength ; and as he increased in them,...
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The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God, and Constant ..., Volume 1

Hugh Latimer - Sermons, English - 1824 - 478 pages
...towns; for they be negligent in executing these laws of shooting. In my time, my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any...men did their children: he taught me how to draw, howto lay my body in my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms, as divers other nations do, but...
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The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Latimer's Sermons

English literature - 1832 - 352 pages
...towns ; for they be negligent in executing these laws of shooting. In my time, my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, as to learn me any...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...
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