The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, المجلد 19J. Cumberland, 1826 |
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... Cyclades , is very singular . Their petticoats come no lower than their knees , as if on purpose to show their legs ; and yet it is no uncommon thing to I 2 FASHION . 87 Philidor Pigeon Shooting Pike, monstrous Playing for a Benefice.
... Cyclades , is very singular . Their petticoats come no lower than their knees , as if on purpose to show their legs ; and yet it is no uncommon thing to I 2 FASHION . 87 Philidor Pigeon Shooting Pike, monstrous Playing for a Benefice.
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... shoot an arrow between them , without the slightest injury to this manual target . The feats recorded of Commodus are more nume- rous , 14 PERCY ANECDOTES . Roman Charioteers 12 Test of Temper ............... Archers ...
... shoot an arrow between them , without the slightest injury to this manual target . The feats recorded of Commodus are more nume- rous , 14 PERCY ANECDOTES . Roman Charioteers 12 Test of Temper ............... Archers ...
الصفحة 15
... be astonishingly expert in the use of the bow , and may be placed in the first rank of archers . Chardin says , they shoot with so much accuracy , that they will drive an arrow into the same hole many c 2 PASTIME . 15.
... be astonishingly expert in the use of the bow , and may be placed in the first rank of archers . Chardin says , they shoot with so much accuracy , that they will drive an arrow into the same hole many c 2 PASTIME . 15.
الصفحة 16
... shoot his arrow , and only raised his arms in the attitude of drawing the bow . The king , en- raged to see his discipline so grossly disregarded , ordered his weapons and horse to be immediately taken from him ; but one of the generals ...
... shoot his arrow , and only raised his arms in the attitude of drawing the bow . The king , en- raged to see his discipline so grossly disregarded , ordered his weapons and horse to be immediately taken from him ; but one of the generals ...
الصفحة 17
... shooting behind him , drove an arrow into the centre of the target . Turning about suddenly , he in the same manner shot his second arrow precisely into the hole whence his first arrow had been drawn ! MOCK FIGHT OF THE BRIDGE OF PISA ...
... shooting behind him , drove an arrow into the centre of the target . Turning about suddenly , he in the same manner shot his second arrow precisely into the hole whence his first arrow had been drawn ! MOCK FIGHT OF THE BRIDGE OF PISA ...
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الصفحة 38 - tis a most pretty shew : Through Cheapside and Fenchurch-street, and so to Aldgate pump, Each man with 's spurs in 's horses sides, and his back-sword cross his rump. My lord he takes a staff in hand to beat the bushes o'er ; I must confess it was a work he ne'er had done before. A creature bounceth from a bush, which made them all to laugh ; My lord, he cried, a hare a hare, but it prov'd an Essex calf.
الصفحة 147 - I am to have. my utmost wishes, command that, for the future, the Company of Cobblers shall take place of the Company of Shoemakers.
الصفحة 21 - Then march forth the citizens' sons, and other young men, with disarmed lances and shields, and there they practise feats of war. Many courtiers likewise, when the king lieth near, and attendants of noblemen, do repair to these exercises; and while the hope of victory doth inflame their minds, do show good proof how serviceable they would be in martial affairs.
الصفحة 74 - Vincent, DD, chaplain in ordinary to the king, preached before him at Newmarket, in a long periwig, and Holland sleeves, according to the then fashion for gentlemen ; and that his majesty was so offended at it, that he commanded the duke of Monmouth, chancellor to the university of Cambridge, to see the statutes concerning decency of apparel put in execution ; which was done accordingly.
الصفحة 100 - The young gentleman belonging to the Custom House, who, in the fear of rain, borrowed the umbrella at Will's coffee-house, in Cornhill, of the mistress, is hereby advertised that to be dry from head to foot on the like occasion, he shall be welcome to the maid's pattens.
الصفحة 58 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure: Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain!
الصفحة 35 - Cheveritte, the baron's chief minstrel, on the bagpipes, accompanied with the pipe and tambour, performed by one of his associates. When the dance was finished, Gregory, the jester, who undertook to play the hobby-horse, came forward with his appropriate equipment, and, frisking up and down the square without restriction, imitated the galloping, curvetting, ambling, trotting, and other paces of a horse, to the infinite satisfaction of the lower classes of the spectators. He was followed by Peter...
الصفحة 21 - ... he runneth strongly against the shield, down he falleth into the water, for the boat is violently forced with the tide; but on each side of the shield ride two boats, furnished with young men, which recover him that falleth as soon as they may. Upon the bridge, wharfs, and houses, by the river's side, stand great numbers to see and laugh thereat.
الصفحة 50 - As we give them all advantages of honor, so do we soothe and authorize all their vices and defects, not only by approbation, but by imitation, also. Every one of Alexander's followers carried their heads on one side, as he did, and the flatterers of Dionysius...
الصفحة 90 - Duke d'Usseda ought to be called upon, as it was his business. The duke was gone out; the fire burnt fiercer; and the king endured it, rather than derogate from his dignity.