Vulgar words in William of Germany (Page 1)
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Close behind each opponent is his second with outstretched sword, ready to knock up the duellists' weapons in case of too dangerous an impetuosity in the onset.
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The rounds consist of three or four blows, and last about twenty seconds each, when the seconds, who have been watching behind their men in the attitude of a wicket-keeper, with their sword-points on the ground, jump in and knock up the duellists' weapons.
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To the country bumpkin the city is an Eldorado and a lordly pleasure-house.
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One hears of "artful hussies" and "artful dodgers."