A System of Figure-skating: Being the Theory and Practice of the Art as Developed in England, with a Glance at Its Origin and HistoryMacmillan, 1869 - 266 من الصفحات |
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... fact . Now if this should be the case , it is highly probable that the skater of the future , unless blessed with an arti- ficially frozen surface or an artificial ice , will have to carry out his art on skates with wheels . un ...
... fact . Now if this should be the case , it is highly probable that the skater of the future , unless blessed with an arti- ficially frozen surface or an artificial ice , will have to carry out his art on skates with wheels . un ...
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... fact is , that skating is the one accomplishment which is preserved solely by tra- dition . There are no text - books about it , no laws , no recorded principle . Age and experience have the field entirely to themselves . Rising talent ...
... fact is , that skating is the one accomplishment which is preserved solely by tra- dition . There are no text - books about it , no laws , no recorded principle . Age and experience have the field entirely to themselves . Rising talent ...
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... fact probably is that , when once a certain degree of excellence has been reached , hardly any- thing that can be done by any one skater is too hard for another to accomplish . If one person were to begin to go through the figures with ...
... fact probably is that , when once a certain degree of excellence has been reached , hardly any- thing that can be done by any one skater is too hard for another to accomplish . If one person were to begin to go through the figures with ...
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... fact of the reverse 3 , or a 3 with the left foot resembling the letter E , and the circle of inside or outside the letters O or C , and the serpentine line , the letter S , has arisen amongst our ancestors not very far removed , that ...
... fact of the reverse 3 , or a 3 with the left foot resembling the letter E , and the circle of inside or outside the letters O or C , and the serpentine line , the letter S , has arisen amongst our ancestors not very far removed , that ...
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... fact being that the mass is made up of young and old learners , who having , with all respect to them , but hazy ideas how to acquire this art properly , arrive only at a certain low degree of skill , and never seem to progress as they ...
... fact being that the mass is made up of young and old learners , who having , with all respect to them , but hazy ideas how to acquire this art properly , arrive only at a certain low degree of skill , and never seem to progress as they ...
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