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" Having thrust under his garter the bowl of a strong tobacco-pipe, his legs being bent, he broke it to pieces by the tendons of his hams, without altering the bending of his leg. "
A Treatise of Mechanics, Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive - Page 77
by Olinthus Gregory - 1815 - 58 pages
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The Universal magazine, Volume 14

540 pages
...third finger; having thrust the bowl of a strong tobacco pipe under his garter, his legs being hi rt he broke it to pieces by the tendons of his hams, without altering the bending of his legs. Another howl of this kind he broke between his first and second finger, bv pressing them together...
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The Wonders of the Little World; Or, A General History of Man ..., Volume 2

Nathaniel Wanley - 1806 - 450 pages
...his firft and third fi igers. 3. Having thruft under Ins garter the bowl of a ttraiijj tobaccu-pipe, his legs being bent, he broke it to pieces by the....tendons of his hams, without altering the bending of his log. 4. He broke fuch another bowl between his firft and second fingers, by preffing them together...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 5

Enos Bronson - 1811 - 456 pages
...them on his first and third finger. Having thrust the bowl of a strong tobacco pipe under his garter, his legs being bent, he broke it to pieces by the tendons of his hams, without altering- the hending of his legs. Another bowl of this kind he broke between his first and second finger, by pressing...
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Select Reviews, Volume 5

1812 - 470 pages
...them on his first and third finger. Having thrust the bowl of a strong tobacco pipe under his garter, his legs being bent, he broke it to pieces by the tendons of liis hams, without altering the bending of his legs. Another bowl of this kind he broke between his...
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Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons, from ..., Volume 4

James Caulfield - 1820 - 350 pages
...laid them on his first and third. He thrust .the .bowl of a strong tobacco-pipe under his garters, and his legs being bent, he broke it to pieces by the tendons of his hams. — Another bowl of this kind 'he broke between his first and second finger, by pressing them together...
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The operative mechanic, and British machinist

John Nicholson (civil engineer.) - 1825 - 1008 pages
...tobacco-pipe with the force of his middle finger, having laid them on the first and third finger. " 3. Having thrust in under his garter the bowl of a...tendons of his hams, without altering the bending of his knee. "4. He broke such another bowl between his first and second finger, by pressing his fingers together...
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The Operative Mechanic, and British Machinist: Being a Practical ..., Volume 1

John Nicholson - 1825 - 822 pages
...tobacco-pipe with the force of his middle finger, having laid them on the first and third finger. " 8. Having thrust in under his garter the bowl of a strong...tendons of his hams, without altering the bending of his knee. " 4. He broke such another bowl between his first and second finger, by pressing his fingers...
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The Operative Mechanic, and British Machinist: Being a Practical ..., Volume 1

John Nicholson - 1825 - 838 pages
...tobacco-pipe with the force of his middle finger, having laid them on the first and third finger. *' 3. Having thrust in under his garter the bowl of a strong tobacco-pipe, his legs being bent, he broke-it to pieces by the tendons of his hams, without altering the bending of his knee. " 4. He broke...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 2

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 pages
...of tobacco-pipe with the force of his middle finger, having laid them on the first and third finger. 3. ' Having thrust in under his garter the bowl of...of his hams •without altering the bending of his legs. 4. ' He broke such another bowl between his first and second finger, by pressing his fingers...
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Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 13

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1833 - 614 pages
...finger, by pressing his fingers together sideways. 4. Having thrust such another bowl under his garter, his legs being bent, he broke it to pieces by the...his hams, without altering the bending of his leg. 5. He lifted with his teeth, and held in a horizontal position for a considerable time, a table six...
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