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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... perhaps importance , for in 1854 they included seven new varieties of the Q figures . Following upon these were the combinations that occur from joining the different kinds of single , double , and treble turns , with opposite curves ...
... perhaps importance , for in 1854 they included seven new varieties of the Q figures . Following upon these were the combinations that occur from joining the different kinds of single , double , and treble turns , with opposite curves ...
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... perhaps a closer search in Holland gene- rally would be better rewarded . We regret that at present we are unable to make it , more espe- cially as it is the native country , on the paternal side , of one of the writer's ancestors , all ...
... perhaps a closer search in Holland gene- rally would be better rewarded . We regret that at present we are unable to make it , more espe- cially as it is the native country , on the paternal side , of one of the writer's ancestors , all ...
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... teenth century , developed the beautiful art of figure - skating in combination . We know not , alas ! whether Thialfe used the bone or iron skate , and perhaps we may be per- mitted to doubt whether he was great at " the 22 A Glance at ...
... teenth century , developed the beautiful art of figure - skating in combination . We know not , alas ! whether Thialfe used the bone or iron skate , and perhaps we may be per- mitted to doubt whether he was great at " the 22 A Glance at ...
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... perhaps without an exception the most healthful and invigorating , warming the benumbed frame even to the extent of producing intense perspira- tion in the coldest day : this is occasioned in a remarkable manner too without that loss of ...
... perhaps without an exception the most healthful and invigorating , warming the benumbed frame even to the extent of producing intense perspira- tion in the coldest day : this is occasioned in a remarkable manner too without that loss of ...
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... perhaps be more appropriate . It is a select and perhaps rather an exclusive club , the Prince of Wales , her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales , and the Duke of Cambridge being its patrons . It is managed by a president , vice ...
... perhaps be more appropriate . It is a select and perhaps rather an exclusive club , the Prince of Wales , her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales , and the Duke of Cambridge being its patrons . It is managed by a president , vice ...
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