A Treatise on Painting/Chapter 91
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Chap. XCI.—On the Motion of driving any Thing into or drawing it out of the Ground.
He who wishes to pitch a pole into the ground, or draw one out of it, will raise the leg and bend the knee opposite to the arm which acts, in order to balance himself upon the foot that rests, without which he could neither drive in, nor pull out any thing.