O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890 · Boston, Ticknor and company · leaf 39
;een much the same ^as. ours. Later, as thecontests at tlie great na-tional games of Greece])ecame fiercely earnest,the hands and arms weresurrounded with thonos of leather, at first reach-ins: to the wrists, like our hard aloves, thencarried up to the elbow, and afterward extendingup to tlie… … ^{{r OJ )V RAW-IIIDK CESTUS FKOMHERCULANKtTM. hi KTllUS OF JiOXlNG AM) .MAM.V SPORT. A trciiKJiidoiis ce.slus, loiiiid in llerciiliinouni,was composed of sovernl lliicknesses of rawliido fastened toiiether and ronndcd on tlieedii:o. IlokS were eiit tlironali for the iinirers,and the thnmb…
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