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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 73

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eat of the Trial of the Thumb, it is better to begin the performance of the Palm-spring at a short distance only from the wall, at first ; by practice, if you are active and resolute, you may, at last, rise with ease with your feet placed full two-thirds of your own height distant from the wall.… … | | chalk only, which is held between the two fore-fipgers, touches the floor. Your knee and body may project over the chalk line, if your feet keep their proper place, as above directed, on the outer side of it. © ?

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