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 THE SICK LAUREAT, 



PARNASSUS 

 A 



R, 



1 N 

 O 



CONFUSION 



E M. 



In which the Merits and Defers of Tome of our principal modern 



Poets are examined and afcertained. 



Among the CANDITATES are: 



>leir. HAYLEY, 

 MASON, 

 SHERIDAN, 

 PETER PINDAR, 

 L. CARLISLE, 

 LORD S ALI SBUR Y 



C. FOX, 

 L. DERBY, 

 PRATT, 



COOIvlBES, 



in the CHAIR. 



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Price Two Shillings. 



The ART of MANUAL DEFENCE; 



O R, 



SYSTEM OF BOXING: 

 Containing Infirud;ions relative to 



Standing on Guard, 

 Defending the Face, 



"— — tl.e Stomach, 



■ the Ribs, 



Returning Blows, 



Sparring, 



Pradtifine, 



doling. 



Throwing Falls, 

 Advancing, 

 Retreating, 

 Training, 



and 

 Manceuvring. 



With sn Account of the Merits of all our prefent Boxers, and 



the following Copper-plates : 

 Plate I. Attitude and Guard. 



Plate II. Parrying a Blow at the right Side of the Facs, 

 Plate III. Parrying a Blow at the left Side. 

 Plate IV. Defending the Face and the Stomach. 

 Plate V. Pradifmg before a Glafs. 

 Plate VI. Guarding the Face and the Ribs. 

 Plate VII. Striking the returning Blow. 

 Plate VIII. Striking the chopping Blow. 

 Plate IX. Throwing a Fall. 

 Plate X. A Manoeuvre in Clofing. 



This Work is entirely new, Tnd Written by a Pupil of 

 Humphries andMENoozA, rhe Plates ^re new iikewife. 

 Price Half-a-Crown, 



