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Ethics of boxing and manly sport (1888)

O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890 · Boston, Ticknor and company · leaf 69

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yer saw. His rii>ht leir boldand iirm, and his loft, zc/nch could hardlij everhe disfurhed, gaye hiin surprising advantage, andstruck his adversary with despair and panic. The backsword of Fiairs time still remains THE FIRST MODEKX CHAMPION BOXEK. 45 a favorite exercise in England. It is a… … SET-TO. the point and not the edge. The point of asword, durino an emjasrement, is never more thantwo feet from an opponents body, while the edgefor a cutting-blow is from four to seven feet (insweeping cuts, for instance). 40 ET111C8 OF JJOXING AND MANLY .SPOUT. Besides the adviuitagc in space and…

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