Fencing.—There is no exercise, with a view to health, better entitled to the attention of those who are placed among the higher classes of society, than that of fencing. The positions of the body in fencing, have, for their... Traité sur l'art de faire des armes ... - Page vde I. Ghersi - 1830 - 60 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Sir John Sinclair - 1818 - 684 pages
...quarter-staff, is said to have fought three Spaniards with their swords and poniards *. 8. Fencing.—There is no exercise, with a view to health, better entitled...attention of those who are placed among the higher classes of society, than that of fencing. The positions of the body in fencing, have, for their ohjects,... | |
| Harry Harewood - 1835 - 384 pages
...to endure almost any fatigue. Sir John Sinclair, in his Code of Health and Longevity, remarks " that there is no exercise with a view to health, better entitled to the attention of those who are plared among the higher classes of society than that of fencing. The positions of the body, in fencing,... | |
| Pierce Egan - 1869 - 446 pages
...a cudgel. 1 "There is no exercise," says SIR JOHN SINCLAIR, in his code of ffealth and Longevity, " with a view to health, better entitled to the attention of those who are placed among the higher classes of society than that of FENOINO. The positions of the body, in fencing, have for their objects... | |
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