A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo da Vinci
1721
Senex and Taylor, London
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A Man disposing himself to deal some violent Stroke, bends, and turns from the Mark at which he aims, with a Motion, contrary to that wherewith he intends to strike; where, collect ing all his Force, he lets it fly; and discharges it on the Body that he hits, with a compound Motion, form'd out of that of the Arm, and of the Weapon that he holds.