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...three times its natural size, and the hand guarded by a thick leathern gauntlet. Lastly, a pair of spectacles, rimmed with metal, protected the eyes. The schlager, or duelling sword, is then placed in his hand - a nasty looking weapon about a yard and a quarter in length, quite blunt but for about ten inches at the end, where it is double-edged and as sharp as a razor. Thus accoutred, our hero, being the challenging party, walks slowly forward to the middle of the ground, his right arm, which must be terribly heavy, supported by the Fuchs, or junior...
...often wonder whether the greedy devouring of magazine reading will not blunt the edge of their old-time appetite for classic works. It is the experience of most students to feel no such effect...
...fencing has very little of the grace and science of the French style, requiring only great strength and flexibility of the wrist. The sword used, spear they call it, is about three feet long, sharpened eight inches on one side, and sixteen inches on the other, with a blunt end. This is grasped in the right hand so that the arm crosses the face diagonally. The hand is protected by a basket hilt of iron, the arm and chest by impenetrable coverings. The left hand is held behind the back. There are only four or five cuts allowed, which...
...Wilfred Blunt writes to the London times, appealing to the public for help to defray the cost of the defence of Arabi Pasha, as, he says, the trial has assumed the character of a great state inquiry, and his (Mr. Blunt's) financial back is not strong enough to bear the load...
...BLUNT...