Wonders of bodily strength and skill : in all ages and all countries (1873)
Depping, Guillaume, 1829-1901, Russell, Charles, tr · New York : Scribner, Armstrong & Co. · leaf 51
Children Fighting. (From a carving in the Florence Museum.) to excite pity for the vanquished as to record the featt ofstrength performed by the conquerors. … Another Scene. (From the same.) m The conqueror at the Olympic games whom you see inthat dilapidated state had yesterday a nose, a chin, nostrils, PUGILISM AMONG THE ANCIENTS. 45 ears, and eyelids. But in the exercise of pugilism he haslost all those embellishments, and even his inheritance.…
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