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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... "
An ecclesiastical biography, containing the lives of ancient fathers and ... - Page 550
by Walter Farquhar Hook - 1850
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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 - 944 pages
...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 body....bows bought me according to my age and strength; as 1 increased in them, so my bows were made bigger and bigger, for men shall never shoot well, except...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1807 - 508 pages
...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 to draw with strength of arms as divers other nations do, but with strength of the body. I hud my bows bought me according to my age...
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature

1808 - 606 pages
...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 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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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman ..., Volume 1

James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 442 pages
...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...bows bought me according to my age and strength. As I encreased in them, so my bows were made bigger and bigger : for men shall never shoot well, except...
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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman ..., Volume 1

James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 454 pages
...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...bows bought me according to my age and strength. As I encreased in them, so my bows were made bigger and bigger: for men shall never shoot well, except they...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 19

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 288 pages
...with strength of armes as other natious doe, bni. with strength of the hodye. I had my Lowes hought me according to my age and strength: as I increased in them, so my howes were made higger and higger : for men shall nener shoote well, except they he hrought up in it."...
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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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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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The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God, and Constant ..., Volume 1

Hugh Latimer - 1824 - 478 pages
...learn me any other thing; and so I think other 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 with strength of the body r I had my bows bought me, according to my age...
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