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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... "
Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the close of ... - Page 464
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 1

George Burnett - 1807 - 944 pages
...thing for his prince, for 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

1808 - 606 pages
...for his prince, for 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
...hath been in times past 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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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman ..., Volume 1

James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 442 pages
...dormant, made to compel the people to practise with the bow and arrow. " In my time," he continued, " my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot,...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 do, but with strength of the body....
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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman ..., Volume 1

James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 454 pages
...dormant, made to compel the people to practise with the bow and arrow. " In my time,'T he continued, " my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot,...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 do, but with strength of the body....
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1813 - 508 pages
...for his prince, for 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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The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God, and Constant ..., Volume 1

Hugh Latimer - 1824 - 478 pages
...and whoring within the 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,...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 New sporting magazine, Volume 55

1868 - 520 pages
...enforced the practice of archery from the pulpit. " In my time," remarks this distinguished prelate, " my poor father was as diligent to teach me to shoot,...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 do, but with strength of the body....
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Select Sermons

Hugh Latimer - 1832 - 354 pages
...and whoring within the 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,...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...
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The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Latimer's Sermons

1832 - 352 pages
...and whoring within the 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,...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...
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