 | 1793 - 480 Seiten
...kind of buckler for defence. The edge of the fword was blunted a little, and the care of the fighters was not fo much to avoid wounding one another, as to avoid doing it dangeroufly ; but lull they were obliged to fight till fome blood was (hed, as otherwife nobody would give a farthing... | |
 | Guildhall Library (London, England), Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy, Jacob Henry Burn - 1853 - 308 Seiten
...sword in hand, and preceded by a drum to gather spectators. They gave so much a head to see the fight, with cutting swords and a kind of buckler for defence....blunted, and the care of the prize-fighters was not so much to avoid wounding one another, as to avoid doing it dangerously; nevertheless, as they were... | |
 | Guildhall Library (London, England), Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy, Jacob Henry Burn - 1855 - 406 Seiten
...sword in hand, and preceded by a drum to gather spectators. They gave so much a head to see the fight, with cutting swords and a kind of buckler for defence....blunted, and the care of the prize-fighters was not so much to avoid wounding one another, as to avoid doing it dangerously; nevertheless, as they were... | |
 | Jacob Larwood, John Camden Hotten - 1866 - 616 Seiten
...tucked up, sword in hand, and proceeded by a drum to gather spectators. They give so much a head to see the fight, which was with cutting swords and a kind...the sword was a little blunted, and the care of the prize fighters was not so much to avoid wounding one another, as to avoid doing it dangerously; nevertheless... | |
 | John Ashton - 1882 - 358 Seiten
...and their swords in hand. All authorities agree that the fights were to a certain extent serious : ' The Edge of the Sword was a little blunted, and the Care of the Prize fighters was not so much to avoid wounding each other, as to avoid doing it dangerously : Nevertheless,... | |
 | John Ashton - 1888 - 442 Seiten
...their Swords in hand. All authorities agree that the fights were, to a certain extent, serious. 2 ' The Edge of the Sword was a little blunted, and the Care of the Prize-fighters was not so much to avoid wounding each other, as to avoid doing it dangerously: Nevertheless, as they were... | |
 | John Ashton - 1888 - 458 Seiten
...their Swords in hand. All authorities agree that the fights were, to a certain extent, serious. 2 ' The Edge of the Sword was a little blunted, and the Care of the Prize-fighters was not so much to avoid wounding each other, as to avoid doing it dangerously: Nevertheless, as they were... | |
 | John Ashton - 1889 - 444 Seiten
...their Swords in hand. All authorities agree that the fights were, to a certain extent, serious. 2 ' The Edge of the Sword was a little blunted, and the Care of the Prize-fighters was not so much to avoid wounding each other, as to avoid doing it dangerously : Nevertheless, as they were... | |
 | John Brand - 1900 - 574 Seiten
...tuck'd up, sword in hand, and preceded by a drum, to gather spectators. They gave so much a head to see the fight, which was with cutting swords, and a kind...blunted, and the care of the prize-fighters was not so much to avoid wounding one another, as to avoid doing it dangerously : nevertheless, as they were... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 366 Seiten
...tuck'd up, sword in hand, and preceded by a drum, to gather spectators. They gave so much a head to see the fight, which was with cutting swords, and a kind...blunted, and the care of the prize-fighters was not so much to avoid wounding one another, as to avoid doing it dangerously ; nevertheless, as they were... | |
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the Fight, which was with cutting Swords, and a Kind of Buckler for .Defence. The Edge of the Sword was a little blunted, and the Care of the Prizefighters was not fo much to avoid wounding one another, as to avoid doing it dangeroufly: 
