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... SHOOTING WITH THE BOW AMONGST THE ANCIENTS 57. ARCHER BENDING HIS BOW · 255 · 257 · - 65. EXERCISE WITH THE JAVELIN 58. THE CABÔCLOS OF BRAZIL SHOOTING 59. AN ENGLISH LADY PRACTISING WITH THE BOW AND ARROW ( EARLY PART OF NINETEENTH ...
... SHOOTING WITH THE BOW AMONGST THE ANCIENTS 57. ARCHER BENDING HIS BOW · 255 · 257 · - 65. EXERCISE WITH THE JAVELIN 58. THE CABÔCLOS OF BRAZIL SHOOTING 59. AN ENGLISH LADY PRACTISING WITH THE BOW AND ARROW ( EARLY PART OF NINETEENTH ...
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... shooting the archer took refuge again with Ajax , like an infant in its mother's breast ; and the son of Telamon covered him with his powerful ægis . " From this it is easy to understand how the ancient heroes had so low an opinion of ...
... shooting the archer took refuge again with Ajax , like an infant in its mother's breast ; and the son of Telamon covered him with his powerful ægis . " From this it is easy to understand how the ancient heroes had so low an opinion of ...
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... shooting at the games in honour of the death of Patroclus . Achilles caused the mast of a ship to be erected in the sand , at the end of which was attached a cord with a pigeon tied to it . The two competitors were Teucer and Meriones ...
... shooting at the games in honour of the death of Patroclus . Achilles caused the mast of a ship to be erected in the sand , at the end of which was attached a cord with a pigeon tied to it . The two competitors were Teucer and Meriones ...
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... Shooting with the Bow amongst the Ancients . ( From a painted vase in the Naples Museum . ) Meriones , who stood with his arrow ready , snatched the bow from the hands of Teucer , followed with his eye the pigeon as it rose to the ...
... Shooting with the Bow amongst the Ancients . ( From a painted vase in the Naples Museum . ) Meriones , who stood with his arrow ready , snatched the bow from the hands of Teucer , followed with his eye the pigeon as it rose to the ...
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... shoot . The competitors , when they have assembled , place their names in a brass vessel , and the first which comes ... shooting of the others is to be com- pletely put into the shade , for the arrow which 256 WONDERS OF BODILY STRENGTH ...
... shoot . The competitors , when they have assembled , place their names in a brass vessel , and the first which comes ... shooting of the others is to be com- pletely put into the shade , for the arrow which 256 WONDERS OF BODILY STRENGTH ...
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Seite 272 - Sith it be no better," said Locksley, " I am content to try my fortune ; on condition that when I have shot two shafts at yonder mark of Hubert's,- he shall be bound to shoot one at that which I shall propose." "That is but fair," answered Prince John, "and it shall not be refused thee.
Seite 339 - Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: also, a Descriptive Notice of Modern Weapons. Translated from the French of MP Lacombe, and with a Preface, Notes, and one additional Chapter on Arms and Armour in England. By CHAS. BOUTELL, MA, author of "English Heraldry,
Seite 339 - The Young Man in the Battle of Life. By the Rev. DR. LANDELS, Author of " Woman : her Position and Power,
Seite 274 - Hubert resumed his place, and not neglecting the caution which he had received from his adversary, he made the necessary allowance for a very light air of wind, which had just arisen, and shot so successfully that his arrow alighted in the very centre of the target. " A Hubert! a Hubert!" shouted the populace, more interested in a known person than in a stranger. " In the clout! — in the clout! — a Hubert forever!" " Thou canst not mend that shot, Locksley," said the Prince, with an insulting...
Seite 274 - Locksley. And letting fly his arrow with a little more precaution than before, it lighted right upon that of his competitor, which it split to shivers. The people who stood around were so astonished at his wonderful dexterity, that they could not even give vent to their surprise in their usual clamour. * This must be the devil, and no man of flesh and blood,' whispered the yeomen to each other ; ' such archery was never seen since a bow was first bent in Britain.
Seite 193 - For me, degenerate modern wretch, Though in the genial month of May, My dripping limbs I faintly stretch, And think I've done a feat today. But since he...