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 300
ur left hand, take off your hat gracefully ; then make a circular motion with your wrist, with the nails upward, while you advance your right foot forward, forming your proper extension. Your adversary makes the same motions, keeping equal tune with you; but, instead of forming the ex~- tension, he… … When your adversary recovers his position, after having taken his mea- sure, you also recover by drawing the right foot or heel close to the heel of the left ; the right hand well stretched and raised, the nails upward, and the point dropped ; the left hand raised in a semi-circular form, as if om…
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