Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 142
e blade should form the angle of forty-five degrees.Prime is performed with the nails turned downward, thehand raised higher than the mouth, and opposed inward,in the same manner as semi-circle. The arm should bedrawn well in toward the body, and the wrist bent down-ward, that the point may fall… … versary thrusts straight home ; throw it off by parade incarte, then deliver a return of the thrust in low carte. Onthe same engagement disengage to tierce, and thrust carteover the arm; he opposes it with his parade, and returns adisengaged thrust in carte, which throw off with the parade ofcarte…
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