[24] Making play: using.
[25] Hard all: do your best.
[26] Partisans: adherents, "backers."
[27] Thunder-and-lightning: probably showy, flashy.
[28] Feint: make a pretended attack.
[29] Frontispiece: face.
[30] Parrying: warding off.
[31] Lunging hits: straight-out blows.
[32] Counter: to give a return blow.
[33] Quarter: to move about.