The boy's own book; a complete encylopedia of all the diversion, athletic, scientific and recreative, of boyhood and youth. (1834)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838, McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) · Boston, Munroe and Francis; New York, C. S. Francis, 1834. · leaf 295
he } point of your foil, your body and legs, should not deviate from the line of ’ direction in performing either of these parades. THE PARADES OF OCTAVE AND SEMI-CIRCLE. To perform the octave parade, raise the hand as high as your chin, the => nails must not be turned up so much as in semi-circle;… … time, stretch your arm well out, | raise the hand as high as your mouth, and throw your arm inward, the distance of six inches, from the line Te of direction in your common guard, that your point may appear to the eye ' in looking to on arm. (Vide cut.) T |
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