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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 264
by George Burnett - 1807
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...time my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot, an to learn me any other thing, and so I think other men did their children : he taught me...with strength of arms as divers other nations do, brat with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength ; as I increased...
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An ecclesiastical biography, containing the lives of ancient ..., Volume 6

Walter Farquhar Hook - 1850 - 678 pages
...to shoot, as to learn me any other thing; and so I think other men did their children. He taught me 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. I had my bows bought me, according to my age and strength;...
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The Monthly Christian spectator, Volume 9

1859 - 748 pages
...my time my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot as to leam 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 nations do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me according to my age and strength...
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1852 - 1170 pages
...1549, wherein he enforces the practice of archery, has the following passage : " In my time my father 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 body. I had my bows brought me according to my age and strength...
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The New quarterly review, and digest of current literature, Volume 5

1856 - 504 pages
...sound soldier • training. ' He was diligent,' says Latimer, ' to teach me W shoot with the bow : he taught me how to draw, how to lay my body in the bow — not to draw with strength of arm, >» other nations do, but with the strength of the body....
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English Forests and Forest Trees, Historical, Legendary, and Descriptive

England - 1853 - 428 pages
...time, my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot as to learn me any other tiling, and so I think other men did their children. He taught me how...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...
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English Forests and Forest Trees, Historical, Legendary, and Descriptive

England - 1853 - 420 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...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...
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Christian Biography: The Life of Archbishop Cranmer. The Life of Bishop Latimer

William Gilpin - 1854 - 328 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 in my bow, and to draw, not with strength of arm, as other nations do, but with strength of body. But now we have...
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The archer's guide; or, Instructions for the use of the long bow

H. D. - Archery - 1855 - 74 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...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...
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The Governess: a repertory of female education

Governess - 1855 - 884 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 on my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms as divers other nations do, but with strength of the...
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