10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACKSWORDSMAN»
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backswordsman in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Lover Fugitives: A Romance
It said that the best backswordsman of Yorkshire, Long Wilson was the name,
had killed a man with whom he quarrelled and had fled. Surely this is some such
a champion." "Mayhap, mayhap," replied Sir Peter. "But we have no right to take ...
... and the next touch must decide it. I kept my ears open as I rested, and plainly
heard a suspicion mooted which made me easier. 'It's the man without a doubt,' I
heard an officer say. ' I saw it in the Postboy. It said that the best backswordsman
...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers,
1901
Your staccatos and passados, and cursed Italian tricks of fence, that leave a good
backswordsman as helpless as a salmon on a gravel-walk. Who is it now that
your quips and your punctilios, and your feints and your ins-and-outs, have
placed ...
... and the nest touch must decide it. I kept my ears open as I rested, and plainly
heard a suspicion tooted which made me easier. 'It's the man without a doubt,' I
heard an officer say. ' I saw it in the Postboy. It said iLit the best backswordsman ...
5
Holmby House: a Tale of Old Northamptonshire
Your staccatos and passados, and cursed Italian tricks of fence, that leave a good
backswordsman as helpless as a salmon on a gravel-walk. Ilolmby House. I. 13
Who is it now that your quips and your punctilios, CROSS-PURPOSES.
George John Whyte-Melville,
1860
... dying out. Old professors of these arts were still living though, as Eli, to his
advantage, discovered. He had not been long at the farm ere he learnt that Tom
Jarret had been a noted backswordsman in his day, WINTER AT THE UP FARM
77.
Your staccatos and passados, and cursed Italian tricks of fence, that leave a good
backswordsman as helpless as a salmon on a gravel-walk. \Vho is it now that
your quips and your punctilios, and your feints and your ms-and-outs, have
placed ...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch,
1859
8
Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country
Your staccatos and passados, and cursed Italian tricks of fence, that leave a good
backswordsman as helpless as a salmon on a gravel-walk. Who is it now that
your quips and your punctilios, and your feints and your ms-and-outs, have
placed ...
9
Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, & Sonnets
Attasked, reprehended. Attaint, slain. Aunt, an old woman. Avise, to inform.
Backare, go back. Backswordsman, one skilled in singlestick. Baffle, to treat with
ignominy. Baldrick, a belt. Bale, misery, evil. Balked, piled up in ridges. Ballow, a
stick.
William Shakespeare,
1896
Four of these weresuch swingebucklers as were nottobe found againin all
theInns o' Court, andwe haveiton the authority of Justice Shallow that Falstaff
wasa good backswordsman, and that before hehad donegrowing he broke
thehead of ...