...balance; and in practising that art, the chest, the neck, and the shoulders, are placed in positions the most beneficial to health. The various motions, also, of the arms and limbs, whilst the body inftintains its erect position, enable the muscles in general to acquire both strength and tone; and...

...their objects^ erectness, firmness, and balance; and in practising that art, the chest,. neck, an4 * shoulders, are placed in positions most beneficial...various motions/ also, of the arms and limbs, whilst the \/ 1 ('..;.!... . . body maintains its erect position, enable, the .muscles in general to acquire both...

...chest, neck, and shoulders, are placed in positions the most beneficial to health. The various motions of the arms and limbs, whilst the body maintains its erect position, enub'e the muscles in general to acquire vicorous strength, and in young people the bones of thechest...

...chest, neck, and shoulders are placed in positions the most beneficial to health. The various motions of the arms and limbs whilst the body maintains its...position, enable the muscles in general to acquire vigorous strength, and in young people the bones of the cheek and thorax necessarily become more enlarged,...

...chest, neck, and shoulders, are placed in positions the most beneficial to health. The various motions of the arms and limbs, whilst the body maintains its...position, enable the muscles in general to acquire vigorous strength, and in young people the bones of the chest and thorax necessarily become more enlarged,...

...health than that of fencing. The positions of the body in fencing have for their objects, exactness, firmness, and balance ; and in practising that art,...tone ; and in young people the bones of the chest or thorax necessarily become more enlarged, by means of which a consumptive tendency may be avoided....