Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 1089
eat care should betaken at once to replace a string that has became chafed, or whish isnot perfectly round, for a broken string frequently involves a snappedbow. It is well to have two targets, one at each end of your shooting ground ; for then,when you have discharged your arrows, you have only to… … PLAYING AT CROQUET. wmwaam Our Leisure Hours. 1035 hand by the handle, pressing your wrist to your side, and slip thestring firmly and steadily over. When bent or strung, the bow shouldhave the string five inches from the centre. If the arch is greater, thebow is too strongly bent, and may either…
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