O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890 · Boston, Ticknor and company · leaf 37
northern con(|uest of Kome theu.>e of the straight sword, or rather the use of the])oint as the principal means of attack, practicallydisappeared for over a thousand years, and w^hen ANTIQUITY OF BOXING. 13 it came again, it was in the long, light rapier playof the Italian and French schools of… … GUEEK BOXERS WITH THE rESTri--. When Pollux ol)tained the boxing victory at thePvthian aames, he wore sfloves or leathern ban-da2:es tilled with lead and iron. AVhen Sullivandefeats his man, he uses soft gloves filled withcurled hair. This is the change of time andjudgment. The latter is the…
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