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...lays lyre and flute equally well. Adores games, trees, flowers, swimming, archery. Wants to travel, be a priestess. Then there are the new girls: He... ... I wonder what they eat? Each waits for the other to speak; each scrapes, bows, tries to efface himself. Tall, nut brown, with hair tied behind thei... ...es crumbled. Laying aside our clothes, we toss rover reeds, have a try at archery, play catch. Or we race or go in for leap-frog or tug-of-war. Lit... ...us sat on his leather stool, his dog at his feet, sunlight behind him; el- bows on his knees, he said: “...I prefer that hymn. There’s really no fine... ...part of her and she adds just enough fan- tasy. For a while, we practiced archery, her shooting more accurate than mine. A lost arrow sent us near t...

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...lays lyre and flute equally well. Adores games, trees, flowers, swimming, archery. Wants to travel, be a priestess. Then there are the new girls: He... ... I wonder what they eat? Each waits for the other to speak; each scrapes, bows, tries to efface himself. Tall, nut brown, with hair tied behind thei... ...es crumbled. Laying aside our clothes, we toss rover reeds, have a try at archery, play catch. Or we race or go in for leap-frog or tug-of-war. Lit... ...us sat on his leather stool, his dog at his feet, sunlight behind him; el- bows on his knees, he said: “...I prefer that hymn. There’s really no fine... ...part of her and she adds just enough fan- tasy. For a while, we practiced archery, her shooting more accurate than mine. A lost arrow sent us near t... ...TORY. We spent a morning among spears, pikes, swords, scabbards, helmets, bows and arrows, arquebuses...standards...saddlery. The King admired a Tol... ... we alarmed poachers who raced off, leaving their slaughtered buck, their bows and quivers beside it. Tired of the thick shade and the monotony of o... ...times I’d divide and burn in many places, on the topmast, the yards, the bowsprit... Henley Street September 23, 1615 Now, now thought is clos...

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... Buddhism (the Dalai Lama), Zen Buddhism (for example “Zen and the Art of Archery”) and the Buddhism of the Japanese monk Nichiren. The first po... ...Ulysses goes into Alcinous’ palace, walks immediately towards queen Arete, bows down and embraces her legs, begging her to help him. ... “go first... ... transform his arrogant heart into a humble heart, as happens when Ulysses bows down before the Phaeacian queen Arete and asks her to help him. P... ... so can she detach from her. This is the only way she can then think up the archery competition and offer Ulysses, who is still disguised as a beggar...

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...nces con curred to render their songs of the vanished deer and green wood archery and Yoicks and Harkaway, extremely mal a propos, and to make his... ...her. “And there will be all sorts of May games, and there will be prizes for archery, and there will be the knight’s ale, and the foresters’ venison, ... ...n of joints, and cudgel playing or amicable cracking of skulls, the trial of archery ensued. The conqueror was to Maid Marian T. L. Peacock 32 be ... ...y.” By this time the baron’s men had flocked to the battle ments, with long bows and cross bows, slings and stones, and Matilda with her bow and quiv... ...was worthy of both; and though an honest man by profession, he had practiced archery on the king’s deer for the benefit of his master’s household, and... ... knight, “is thy four hundred pound; and my men have brought thee an hundred bows and as many well furnished quivers; which I beseech thee to re ceiv... ... thee: for me and my wife and children didst thou redeem from beggary.” “Thy bows and arrows,” said Robin, “will I joyfully re ceive: but of thy mone...

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...ippa demonstratively so; but the Stympsons held aloof with the stiffest of bows, not one of them but good-natured Captain George Stympson would shake ... ... the clasp. “Just look here, mamma,” said Viola; “I do believe this is the archery prize.” And sure enough on the ticket was, “Belt, supposed to be of... ...ship. Taken in the Spanish Armada, 1588. Champion belt at the Northchester Archery Club. Lent by Miss Hippolyta Horsman.” Lady Diana came to look with... ...asy for the belt to pass into becoming the prize held by the winner in the Archery Club every year. Lord Erymanth would go with Eustace the next morni... ...this with an article of fam- ily and antiquarian value, in the hands of an archery club— an impersonal body. “The thing would be to win it,” said Viol... ...flamed Eustace’s ardour all the more, and we made exten- sive purchases of bows and arrows; that is to say, Eustace and I did, for Lady Diana would no... ... Diana would not permit Viola to join in the contest. She did not like the archery set, disapproved of public matches for young ladies, and did not ch... ... use, but one could hardly organise a regiment of volunteers with the long bows when the invasion comes off.” Wit about the Amazonian regiment with th...

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...arget there, a bugle here, A battle-axe, a hunting-spear, And broadswords, bows, and arrows store, With the tusked trophies of the boar. Here grins th... ...ore, What time he leagued, no longer foes His Border spears with Hotspur’s bows, Did, self- unscabbarded, foreshow 30 The Lady of the Lake The footst... ...s are pitched, and the stakes are set,— Ever sing merrily, merrily; The bows they bend, and the knives they whet, Hunters live so cheerily. It w... ...lew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows On right, on left,, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe; F... ...rlet, and Mutch, and Little John; Their bugles challenge all that will, In archery to prove their skill. The Douglas bent a bow of might,— His first s... ...nds should pull down, That venison free and Bourdeaux wine Might serve the archery to dine. But Lufra,—whom from Douglas’ side Nor bribe nor threat co... ...rd.— Break off the sports!’—for tumult rose, And yeomen ‘gan to bend their bows, ‘Break off the sports!’ he said and frowned, ‘ And bid our horsemen c... ...e pass in tumult driven, Like chaff before the wind of heaven, The archery appear: For life! for life! their flight they ply— And shriek... ...he considerable towns, had their solemn play, or festi- val, when feats of archery were exhibited, and prized distrib- uted to those who excelled in w...

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...t thee another dog, and should the keeper dare to touch it, I will mar his archery; the curse of a coward on my head, if I strike not off the forefing... ...head, if I strike not off the forefinger of his right hand! —he shall draw bowstring no more.—I crave your pardon, my worthy guests. I am beset here w... ...pennons and flags bearing wounded hearts, burning hearts, bleeding hearts, bows and quivers, and all the commonplace emblems of the triumphs of Cupid,... ...d day the knightly games ceased. But on that which was to follow, feats of archery, of bull- baiting, and other popular amusements, were to be practis... ...r to-morrow—I must see how Staffordshire and Leicestershire can draw their bows—the forests of Needwood and Charnwood must rear good archers.” “I,” sa... ...t them, before leaving the ground, presently to execute the competition of archery intended for the morrow. T o the best archer a prize was to be awar... ...u shalt be stript of thy Lincoln green, and scourged out of the lists with bowstrings, for a wordy and insolent braggart.” “And how if I refuse to sho... ... fair proffer,” said the Prince, “the Pro- vost of the lists shall cut thy bowstring, break thy bow and arrows, and expel thee from the presence as a ... ...near it, that, considering the distance of the mark, it was accounted good archery. Of the ten shafts which hit the target, two within the inner ring ...

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...that, if you will believe me, when even croquet had not been invented, and archery—which was revived in England in 1844—was as great a pest as lawn-te... ...People talked learnedly about “holding” and “loosing,” “steles,” “reflexed bows,” “56-pound bows,” “backed” or “self-yew bows,” as we talk about “ral-... ...plan which did great credit to his ad- ministrative powers. He arranged an archery tournament for la- dies, with a most sumptuous diamond-studded brac... ...le as the ladies came out one after the other. Nothing is so tedious as an archery competition. They shot, and they shot, and they kept on shooting, t... ...ts exactly one point. She put five arrows into the white. It was wonderful archery; but, seeing that her business was to make “golds” and win the brac...

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...MARCUS, Young LUCIUS, PUBLIUS, SEMPRONIUS, CAIUS, and other Gentlemen, with bows .] TITUS ANDRONICUS : Come, Marcus; come, kinsmen; this is the way.... ... Come, Marcus; come, kinsmen; this is the way. Sir boy, now let me see your archery; Look ye draw home enough, and ’tis there straight. Terras Astrae...

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... talk to him freely in his own lingo. Part of his time he spent out on the bowsprit, fishing for albicores with a bone hook; and occasionally he waked... ..., bridled her head like a steed reined in, while the foam flaked under her bows. This was the place where we expected to obtain the men; so a boat was... ...life was percep- tible but the porpoises and other fish sporting under the bows like pups ashore. But, at intervals, the gray albatross, pecu- liar to... ...w that a ship’s forecastle embraces the forward part of the deck about the bowsprit: the same term, however, is generally bestowed upon the sailors’ s... ...ately beneath, and are partitioned off by a bulkhead. Planted right in the bows, or, as sailors say, in the very eyes of the ship, this delightful apa... ...games practised, such as wrestling, foot-racing, throwing the javelin, and archery. In all these they greatly excelled; and, for some, splendid festiv...

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... with dirks, and plaids, and guns, both match-lock and fire-lock, and long-bows, and cross- bows, and Lochaber axes, and coats of plate armour, and st... ...h; and made the Captain observe, that the men of his party were armed with bows and arrows. “Bows and arrows!” exclaimed Dalgetty; “ha! ha! ha! have w... ...imed Dalgetty; “ha! ha! ha! have we Robin Hood and Little John back again? Bows and ar- rows! why, the sight has not been seen in civilized war for a ... ...ws! why, the sight has not been seen in civilized war for a hundred years. Bows and arrows! and why not weavers’ beams, as in the days of Goliah? Ah! ... ...! that Dugald Dalgetty, of Drumthwacket, should live to see men fight with bows and arrows!—The immortal Gustavus would never have believed it—nor Wal... ...id Montrose, “and we find them serviceable.” [In fact, for the admirers of archery it may be stated, not only that many of the Highlanders in Montrose...

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...d the ship flew through the deep blue water, and the foam hissed against her bows as she sped onward. When they reached the wide stretching host of th... ...upon the sea shore, throw ing discs or aiming with spears at a mark, and in archery . Their horses stood each by his own chariot, champing lotus and ... ... firstling lambs in his honour. He laid the notch of the arrow on the oxhide bowstring, and drew both notch and string to his breast till the arrow he... ...ry— it has reared its head afar and now comes crashing down on the shore; it bows its arching crest high over the jagged rocks and spews its salt foam... ...ure that is bred in mountain forests, but neither she nor his famed skill in archery could now save him, for the spear of Menelaus struck him in the b... ...red themselves up to wards the neck, three upon either side, like the rain bows which the son of Saturn has set in heaven as a sign to mortal men. A... ...her had they shields nor ashen spears, but they had come to T roy armed with bows, and with slings of twisted wool from which they showered their miss... ...ship. The Iliad – Book XXIII 374 Achilles next offered a prize of iron for archery— ten double edged axes and ten with single eddies: he set up a sh...

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... along the sea shore sported with quoits and with casting of javelins and archery; and the horses each beside his own chariot stood idle, champing cl... ...os’ son, fosterling of Zeus. But Pyraichmes led the Paionians with curving bows, from far away in Amydon, from the broad stream of Axios, 41 The Ilia... ...w to Apollo, the son of light [Or, perhaps, “the Wolf born”], the lord of archery, to sacrifice a goodly hecatomb of firstling lambs when thou art re... ...er dart upon the string and vowed to Apollo, the son of light, the lord of archery, to sacrifice a goodly hecatomb of firstling lambs when he should h... ...oble leech, to see Menelaos, Atreus’ warrior son, whom one well skilled in archery, some T rojan or Lykian, hath wounded with a bow shot, to his glory... ...th thee to see Menelaos, captain of the Achaians, whom one well skilled in archery, some Trojan or Lykian, hath wounded with a bow shot, to his glory ... ...h off neck and breast, and where is the most deadly spot; and he brake the bowstring, and his hand from the wrist grew numb, and he stayed fallen upon... ...her have I but newly carried out of battle, wounded with an arrow from the bowstring. But Achilles, for all his valiance, careth not for the Danaans, ... ...th horse hair plumes, nor round shields, nor ashen spears, but trusting in bows and well twisted slings of sheep’s wool, they followed with him to Ili...

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...iked at his club, and courted in the hunting-field, and loved at balls and archery meetings, and reputed by old men to be a rising star, he told himse... ...rdly inclined to make him an answer. ‘It be for the quality to shoot their bows and har- rows,’ he said at last, as he continued the easy task of patt... ...the papers were to say of him that he built a new conservatory and made an archery ground for the sake of maintaining the Coalition! When he got back ... ...hey had it. A. B. always means X.Y.Z. And this is the code of the Gatherum Archery Ground. I never drew a bow in my life,—not a real bow in the flesh,... ...hen there was no reason why he should not do so. ‘I’ve been getting up the archery code with her,’ said Pountney, ‘and I was pledged to come down and ... ...stion was put by Sir Timothy to Sir Orlando as they sat in a corner of the archery ground, under the shelter of a tent looking on while Major Pountney...

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...f armchairs, and velvet tables covered with trifles in silver. The Newport Archery Club always held its August meeting 143 Edith Wharton at the Beauf... ...f some one long since dead; not till Medora suddenly spoke her name at the archery match had Ellen Olenska be- come a living presence to him again. Th... ...May’s during their drive home from Mrs. Manson Mingott’s on the day of the Archery Meeting: “Perhaps, after all, Ellen would be happier with her husba... ...e beyond his reach. The slow advance of the ferry-boat had ceased, and her bows bumped against the piles of the slip with a violence that made the bro...

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... profitable one in the time of King Henry the Eighth, who encouraged English archery to the utmost, and he had been prudent and discreet. Thus it came... ...gn ing to be accidentally passing on his way out, made him a vast number of bows. When the housekeeper courtesied, Mr. Pickwick bowed with the utmost...

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...ts, and by biscuits in baskets, and by the polite beer-pulls that made low bows when cus- tomers were served with beer, and by the cheese in a snug co... ...fin in a look; on that smiling lady’ s shaking her black velvet bonnet and bows, he remarked, in lower spirits, ‘that’s true again.’ ‘I am sure,’ said... ...olonged to the utmost stretch of possibil- ity a peripatetic account of an archery meeting; while his vic- tim, heading the procession of sixteen as i... ...ir hiding-place. The night was not so dark but that, besides the lights at bows and mastheads gliding to and fro, they could discern some shad- owy bu...

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... wistful looks of his attendants, but wandered off to watch the contest in archery at the butts, where arrow after arrow flew wide of the clout, for t... ...ith my own people at my own gate. No, no, he’ll have me back with Southron bows and bills, so soon as this small trifle of France lies quiet in his gr... ...ty in number, into a compact body. They were, properly, archers, but their bows had been left behind, and they had only their pikes and bills, which w... ...und their leader’s banner, and of ranks of sturdy archers, with their long-bows in leath- ern cases; the orderly multitude, stretching as far as the e...

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...e. Pyræchmes the Pæonian troops attend, Skill’d in the fight their crooked bows to bend; From Axius’ ample bed he leads them on, Axius, that laves the... ...dom, deep design, and art. For Jove, averse, our humble prayer denies, And bows his head to Hector’s sacrifice. What eye has witness’d, or what ear be... ...spy: “Their powers they thus dispose The Pæons, dreadful with their bended bows, The Carians, Caucons, the Pelasgian host, And Leleges, encamp along t... ...d, Agastrophus’s crest To seize, and drew the corslet from his breast, The bowstring twang’d; nor flew the shaft in vain, But pierced his foot, and na... ...e well-stored quiver on his shoulders hung: Then hiss’d his arrow, and the bowstring sung. Clytus, Pisenor’s son, renown’d in fame, (To thee, Polydama... ...s, With force conjoin’d heave off the weighty prize. Those, who in skilful archery contend, He next invites the twanging bow to bend; And twice ten ax... ...f sudden death in every age, no less naturally procured him that of god of archery. Of any connection between Apollo and the Sun, whatever may have ex... ...r “bowless,” the latter epithet indicating that they did not de- pend upon archery for subsistence. 190 Compare Chapman’s quaint, bold verses:— “An...

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...ragrant sprays lay a small white-paper parcel, tied with narrow blue satin bows, such as no English fingers could accomplish, and within was a little ... ...ophy upon the choice between lilac and lemon-coloured gloves, and upon the bows of his fringed neck-tie. ‘My dear Gilbert,’ said Albinia, on the fifth... ...ress, and white trimmed coarse straw bonnet, just enlivened by little pink bows at the neck and wrists. It had long been acknowledged that Genevieve w... ...d long been acknowledged that Genevieve was unrivalled in the art of tying bows, and those pink ones were paragons, redolent of all her own fresh spri... ...absence deplored, and then the Colonel carried off the younger ones to the archery, giving his arm to the much-flattered Lucy, and followed by Gilbert... ...ed.’ Fred came with her, and she turned down the long alley leading to the archery-ground. He felt old times so far renewed as to resume their habits ... ...been with Gilbert half the day, had had all the gentlemen round her at the archery and in the games, had no end of partners in the dances, and had wal...

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...clesiastical scarecrow, as a target for heterodox and orthodox to practice archery upon, is no fate that can be due to the memory of Sterling. It was ... ...s of the tree which I delighted in childhood to think might have furnished bows for the Norman archers.”* In Cowbridge is some kind of free school, or...

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...in gray satin sheen, and with her hair in a most astonish- ing erection of bows and bands, on the very crown of her head, raising her height at least ... ...e had accepted various invitations to country houses, for cricket matches, archery meetings, and the like; nor did he even make it clear where his add... ... wrong with the ship. If I tried to explain, I might be twitted with, ‘The bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes.’ But of course Clarence knew ...

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...ny Trollope mirror. Each of the girls stood on tiptoe, and re-arranged the bows on their bosoms; and Mr Slope rushed up stairs three steps at a time. ... ...the coun- try round to a breakfast on the lawn. There were to be tents and archery, and dancing for the ladies on the lawn, and for the swains and gir... ...he had been, and again bethought her of her sports. There were targets and bows and arrows prepared at the further end of the lawn. Here the gardens o... ... nothing further. She left 347 Anthony Trollope the toxophilites to their bows and arrows, and returned towards the house. But as she passed by the e... ... an attendant chaplain, or even a stray curate; they were all drawing long bows with the young ladies at the bottom of the lawn, or finding places for... ...to swallow the charms of the Signora Neroni. ‘Why aren’t you shooting with bows and arrows, Mr Arabin?’ said she, when they were nearly alone together...

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...undred sheets, bob up like eighteen hammers in a pianoforte, make eighteen bows, and drop into their eighteen places of obscurity. “We will proceed wi... ... been on again to day,” Mr. Tulkinghorn re plies, making one of his quiet bows to my Lady, who is on a sofa near the fire, shading her face with a ha... ...partly turned off now), and two whit ened targets for rifle shooting, and archery accommodation, and fencing appliances, and all necessaries for the ... ...explained to him how we knew the name. He made me another of his soldierly bows in acknowledgment of what he called my con descension. “I don’t know,... ...topped the conversation. Mr. George rose, made me another of his soldierly bows, wished my guardian a good day, and strode heavily out of the room. Th... ... I have nothing more to say to this young man!” The disconcerted young man bows, as he goes out, and cringingly hopes that Mr. T ulkinghorn of the Fie...

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...undred sheets, bob up like eighteen hammers in a pianoforte, make eighteen bows, and drop into their eighteen places of obscurity. “We will proceed wi... ... been on again to day,” Mr. Tulkinghorn re plies, making one of his quiet bows to my Lady, who is on a sofa near the fire, shading her face with a ha... ...partly turned off now), and two whit ened targets for rifle shooting, and archery accommodation, and fencing appliances, and all necessaries for the ... ...explained to him how we knew the name. He made me another of his soldierly bows in acknowledgment of what he called my con descension. “I don’t know,... ...topped the conversation. Mr. George rose, made me another of his soldierly bows, wished my guardian a good day, and strode heavily out of the room. Th... ... I have nothing more to say to this young man!” The disconcerted young man bows, as he goes out, and cringingly hopes that Mr. T ulkinghorn of the Fie...

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... Pembroke, with four hundred knights, two hundred and fifty men with cross bows, and a stout force both of horse and foot, was marching towards him. ‘... ...ch a hail of arrows, that the Genoese speedily made off for their cross bows, besides being heavy to carry, required to be wound up with a handle, ... ...ed since, over his defeat. Seeing Wat down, his men immediately bent their bows to avenge his fall. If the young King had not had presence of mind at ... ... two holes in a strong wooden grating like a lion’s cage, and made several bows and fine speeches to one another. It was time, now, that the Duke of C... ...of his death was quickly carried to the King, who was amusing himself with archery in the garden of the magnificent Palace at Hampton Court, which tha...

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...ts, and by biscuits in baskets, and by the polite beer-pulls that made low bows when cus- tomers were served with beer, and by the cheese in a snug co... ...fin in a look; on that smiling lady’ s shaking her black velvet bonnet and bows, he remarked, in lower spirits, ‘that’s true again.’ ‘I am sure,’ said... ...olonged to the utmost stretch of possibil- ity a peripatetic account of an archery meeting; while his vic- tim, heading the procession of sixteen as i... ...ir hiding-place. The night was not so dark but that, besides the lights at bows and mastheads gliding to and fro, they could discern some shad- owy bu... ... the dead, the manner of the man, when he come right athwart the steamer’s bows and she cut him in two.’ Mr T ootle is so far figurative, touching the... ...f her thread and deftly catching it into a knot with her needle, seemed to bowstring him into the bargain. For the terrors undergone by Mr Dolls that ...

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... as soon as she entered the room, glueing his eyes upon his plate, his el- bows close to his side, awkward, clumsy, overwhelmed with constraint. While... ...nt his mania would be fencing; the next, sleight-of-hand tricks; the next, archery. For upwards of one month he had devoted himself to learning how to... ...the young fellows away from their sides with vigorous thrusts of their el- bows. It was passed from group to group that Adela Vacca, a division superi... ...s, ushered by a single member of the club, doing the honours with effusive bows and polite gestures, indicating the various objects of interest, pictu...

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...ther babel of the riva. Salutes were performed with lifted hats, nods, and bows. ‘Well, my dear child, it has all been very wonderful and uncomfortabl... ...ting an honourable and a decent series of movements. Generally, too, their archery can check him when he is for any of his measures; and if it does no... ...a hand to assist her step into the boat. Beauchamp caught fast hold of the bows while Renee laid a finger on Count Henri’s shoulder to steady herself....

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...iscayan’s mule so true to nature that it could be seen to be a hired one a bowshot off. The Biscayan had an inscription under his feet which said, “Do... ...olus, the Numidians, faithless in their promises, the Persians renowned in archery, the Parthians and the Medes that fight as they fly, the Arabs that... ...horseback, well equipped and accoutred, with firelocks across their saddle-bows. They called out and knocked loudly at the gate of the inn, which was ...

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...Indeed, the hitting of the truth would have seemed to him a sort of artful archery, the burden of which should devolve upon the questioner, whom he su... ... her duty sank and danced within her brain as the pilot-star dances on the bows of a tossing vessel. All were against her, as the tempest is against t...

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...uter hearts than those who fought the battle of Marathon; but had the same bows and arrows, and the same embroidered coats and gold, and the same deli... ... with blood, and the lake with dead bodies, insomuch that to this day many bows, helmets, fragments of iron, breastplates, and swords of barbarian mak... ...d by the speed of their advance curtail the space that exposed them to the archery. But when he saw the heavy-armed horse, the flower of the army, dra... ...y would,) but simply sent their arrows with great force out of strong bent bows, the strokes from which came with extreme violence. The position of th...

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...iscayan’s mule so true to nature that it could be seen to be a hired one a bowshot off. The Biscayan had an inscription under his feet which said, “Do... ...olus, the Numidians, faithless in their promises, the Persians renowned in archery, the Parthians and the Medes that fight as they fly, the Arabs that... ...horseback, well equipped and accoutred, with firelocks across their saddle-bows. They called out and knocked loudly at the gate of the inn, which was ... ...o came home in such glee and spirits that his wife noticed his happiness a bowshot off, so much so that it made her ask him, “What have you got, Sanch... ...uted and reserved for other avocations and pursuits that show their rank a bowshot off? Thou hast forgot- ten, O Sancho, those lines of our poet where... ... confines of the greatest that can be conceived, and even goes a couple of bowshots beyond the greatest. But after all, though still under the same fe...

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... you hear the snap of a twig in the distance. You connect an arrow to your bowstring and wait. Suddenly, you see a buck run, then stop instantly twent... ...paychecks later, you finally de- cide to go and purchase a new bow. At the archery shop, you notice that the bows are made of different materials from... ...ide to go and purchase a new bow. At the archery shop, you notice that the bows are made of different materials from your old wooden, broken one. You ... ...the cast magnesium riser will be used in years to come. The king of all bows uses a machined alu- minum riser. Unlike cast magnesium, which has to ... ... the carbon riser can cost up to eight hundred dollars. A strong love for archery is necessary if you choose this riser. Now that you are literate... ...Now that you are literate on the subject of risers, you browse through the bows with confidence. Soon, thoughts of arrows hit- ting rocks and deer ru...

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...nder; and then she unstrings his bow, and closes his quiver, and takes his archery from his strong shoulders in her hands and hangs them on a golden p... ...ever tame in love Artemis, the huntress with shafts of gold; for she loves archery and the slaying of wild beasts in the mountains, the lyre also and ... ...o land. But the god changed into a dreadful lion there on the ship, in the bows, and roared loudly: amid- ships also he showed his wonders and created... ...o cheers on the hounds, the pure maiden, shooter of stags, who delights in archery, own sister to Apollo with the golden sword. Over the shadowy hills...

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...de Niobe a stony rock, wherefrom Tears ever stream: high up, the rugged crag Bows as one weeping, weeping, waterfalls Cry from far echoing Hermus, wai... ...ends had not rejoiced, For all thy might! But me the grievous weight Of age bows down, like an old lion whom A cur may boldly drive back from the fol... ...led the scars Upon their brows and ‘neath their clustering hair Then for the archery test Oileus’ son Stood forth with Teucer, they which in the race ... ...t beneath swift flashing oars; Crashed the prows through the sea. About the bows Much armour of slain foes was lying heaped: Along the bulwarks victo...

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...egion began to advance up the echelon. The devoted band soon arrived; Jack Bowser heading the Ninety-ninth (when was he away and a storming-party to t... ...sounded above the tremendous fire from the fort, we sprung upon the steep; Bowser with the brave Ninety-ninth, and the bold Potztausend, keeping well ... ...el-clad gentlemen, we drove the foe before us, And thirty score of British bows kept twanging to the chorus! O knights, my noble ancestors! and shall ... ...re all bound to the castle of his Grace Duke Adolf of Cleves, who gives an archery meeting once a year, and prizes for which we toxophilites muster st... ...hem, “When go ye forth, gentles? I am a stranger here, bound as you to the archery meeting of Duke Adolf. An ye will admit a youth into your company ‘... ... his godfather having learnt in Palestine, had taught him), he brought his bowstring to his ear, took a good aim, allowing for the wind and calculatin... ... early, Otto and his comrades hastened to the field, armed with their best bows and arrows, you may be sure, and eager to distin- guish themselves; as... ...d trinkets—all hied towards the field where the butts were set up, and the archery 236 Thackeray practice was to be held. The Childe and his brother ...

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...velin, the boar-spear or partisan, and the halbert. He broke the strongest bows in drawing, bended against his breast 92 Gargantua & Pantagruel the g... ...hem with all manner of shot, both from the great ordnance, small guns, and bows. Which Gargantua perceiving, he went with a strong party to their reli... ...s and marks for shooting with a snapwork gun, an ordinary bow for com- mon archery, or with a crossbow. The office-houses were without the tower Hespe... ...ields, bucklers, targets, greaves, gauntlets, and spurs. Others made ready bows, slings, crossbows, pellets, catapults, migrains or fire-balls, firebr... ...re wrought and made steadable for the use of man. By it the butt and rover-bows are strung, the crossbows bended, and the slings made fixed. And, as i... ...make foot- balls; the ribs, which serve in Pigmyland to make little cross- bows to pelt the cranes with cherry-stones; the head, which with a little b... ...dustry of the ancient Franks, who were preferred to all others in point of archery; and when they hunted either black or dun beasts, used to rub the h...

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...he Imperial navy; and the Old Buccaneer, like a courtier of our best days, bows to Countess Fanny, and asks her, if he is a free man to go: and, No, s... ...anded language. She rounded the difficulty, saying: ‘You see engravings of archery; that ‘s her figure—her real figure. I think her face … I can’t des... ...ted. She kissed her hand. Sweeping the cavaliers’ obeisance, gallantest of bows, they rode away. A striking scene, Dame Gossip says; but raises a wind...

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...eness of nature to be dissimulated by tall barricades of frizzed curls and bows, never surpassed by any great race except the Feejeean. This was a tra... ... he doesn’t really care about, and for pay that hardly keeps him in at el- bows.” “Exactly: that makes it so annoying that Brooke should have put a ma... ...ss of many young lives. The volume was “Ivanhoe,” and Jim was in the great archery scene at the tournament, but suffered much in- terruption from Ben,... ...g, as it was apt to do, in a mass on his forehead, while he rested his el- bows on his knees. He was feeling bitter disappointment, as if he had opene... ... plain black gown, and in- stead of wearing her much-adorned cap and large bows of hair, she brushed her hair down and put on a plain bonnet- cap, whi...

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...eness of nature to be dissimulated by tall barricades of frizzed curls and bows, never surpassed by any great race except the Feejeean. This was a tra... ...ss of many young lives. The volume was “Ivanhoe,” and Jim was in the great archery scene at the tour nament, but suffered much interruption from Ben,... ... a plain black gown, and instead of wearing her much adorned cap and large bows of hair, she brushed her hair down and put on a plain bonnet cap, whic...

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...n of labour. In a tribe of hunters or shepherds, a particular person makes bows and ar- rows, for example, with more readiness and dexterity than any ... ... catch them. From a regard to his own interest, therefore, the mak- ing of bows and arrows grows to be his chief business, and he becomes a sort of ar... ...om foreign countries. Of this kind are all naval stores, masts, yards, and bowsprits, tar, pitch, and turpentine, pig and bar iron, copper ore, hides ... ...rom the colonies to any other country but Great Britain, masts, yards, and bowsprits, tar, pitch, and turpentine, naturally tended to lower the price ... ...Under this denomination were comprehended timber fit for masts, yards, and bowsprits; hemp, tar, pitch, and turpentine. The bounty, however, of £1 the... ...any public ordinances, that the citizens of every district should practise archery, as well as sev- eral other military exercises, were intended for p...