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 299
“ge FENCING. - 295 instantly form your extension, fix your point well to his body, and you may almost make sure of touching him. (Vide cut.) … On the engagement of carte, he disengages to tierce, and thrusts ; throw it off by your parade of tierce ; then reverse your nails upward, and return a thrust in octave. On the same engagement, he thrusts low carte, oppose it by forming your Fees in semi-circle ; then deliver a thrust in octave, by…
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