1. 24 Jul

    feelsmoor:

    cumaeansibyl:

    fozmeadows:

    scienceofsarcasm:

    Evening Post: August 12, 1899.
    “She immediately alighted, caught hold of the astonished youth, and gave him a sound thrashing, using her fists in a scientific fashion…”

    I would love to know what this means.

    I think that might be code for “punched him in the balls with devastating accuracy”.

    Boxing is known as “the sweet science” — in the 19th century, to say that a person used their fists in a scientific fashion was generally meant to indicate that they had a knowledge of proper boxing technique.

    they took the time to illustrate the story.

    (via thegreenwolf)

     
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