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A tall, thin military officer carries on his shoulders an enormously fat parson dressed in gown and bands followed by a dejected-looking farmer. Etching by J. Gillray, 1783.

Instructions in all kinds of gymnastic exercises, as taught and practised in the gymnastic institutions of Germany... / By a military officer.

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Instructions in all kinds of gymnastic exercises, as taught and practised in the gymnastic institutions of Germany... / By a military officer.