The art of skating, by Cyclos |
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... curve is necessary to enable the skater to circle easily , forgetting that the turns will be made with shorter bearing on the ice , and therefore with less precision . Neither , however , ought the iron to be too straight , or it ...
... curve is necessary to enable the skater to circle easily , forgetting that the turns will be made with shorter bearing on the ice , and therefore with less precision . Neither , however , ought the iron to be too straight , or it ...
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... the outside , by executing , in the position of the spread eagle , a curve on each edge alternately , which must be extremely difficult . CHAPTER V. FIGURE SKATING . Inside Edge Forward ; Outside 48 INSTRUCTIONS IN SKATING .
... the outside , by executing , in the position of the spread eagle , a curve on each edge alternately , which must be extremely difficult . CHAPTER V. FIGURE SKATING . Inside Edge Forward ; Outside 48 INSTRUCTIONS IN SKATING .
الصفحة 50
... curve , because the centrifugal force keeps him from falling . INSIDE EDGE FORWARD . When the young skater can run freely , and feels himself pretty well at home on his skates , he will naturally dwell longer on each stroke than at ...
... curve , because the centrifugal force keeps him from falling . INSIDE EDGE FORWARD . When the young skater can run freely , and feels himself pretty well at home on his skates , he will naturally dwell longer on each stroke than at ...
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... curve comes over momentarily on to the inside edge , from which he takes the im- petus for his new circle . As in common " For- ward Striking , " at the moment of making each stroke , the feet are at right angles to each other . The ...
... curve comes over momentarily on to the inside edge , from which he takes the im- petus for his new circle . As in common " For- ward Striking , " at the moment of making each stroke , the feet are at right angles to each other . The ...
الصفحة 60
... may mention , is just " Rolling " in a milder form ; instead of cir- cling , the curve is reduced to something not far off a straight line , but still on the outside edge . Skating , as in the Olden Time . Kolling . 60 FIGURE SKATING .
... may mention , is just " Rolling " in a milder form ; instead of cir- cling , the curve is reduced to something not far off a straight line , but still on the outside edge . Skating , as in the Olden Time . Kolling . 60 FIGURE SKATING .
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الصفحة 80 - When we had given our bodies to the wind, And all the shadowy banks on either side Came sweeping through the darkness, spinning still The rapid line of motion, then at once Have I, reclining back upon my heels, Stopped short; yet still the solitary cliffs Wheeled by me — even as if the earth had rolled With visible motion her diurnal round!
الصفحة 79 - And not a voice was idle ; with the din Smitten, the precipices rang aloud ; The leafless trees and every icy crag Tinkled like iron ; while far distant hills Into the tumult sent an alien sound Of melancholy not unnoticed, while the stars Eastward were sparkling clear, and in the west The orange sky of evening died away.
الصفحة 9 - To move away the ringlet curl From the lovely lady's cheek— There is not wind enough to twirl The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.
الصفحة 11 - ST. Agnes' Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was ! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold...
الصفحة 5 - It ceased ; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
الصفحة 10 - While the Cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his Dames before: Oft listening how the Hounds and horn Cheerly rouse the slumbering morn, From the side of some hoar hill, Through the high wood echoing shrill...
الصفحة 80 - Tinkled like iron; while far distant hills Into the tumult sent an alien sound Of melancholy not unnoticed, while the stars Eastward were sparkling clear, and in the west The orange sky of evening died away. Not seldom from the uproar I retired Into a silent bay, or sportively Glanced sideway, leaving the tumultuous throng, To cut across the reflex of a star; Image, that, flying still before me, gleamed Upon the glassy plain...
الصفحة 80 - ... so through the darkness and the cold we flew, and not a voice was idle: with the din smitten, the precipices rang aloud ; the leafless trees and every icy crag tinkled like iron ; while the distant hills into the tumult sent an alien sound of melancholy, not unnoticed, while the stars eastward were sparkling clear, and in the west the orange sky of evening died away...
الصفحة 79 - mid the calm of summer nights, When, by the margin of the trembling lake, Beneath the gloomy hills, homeward I went In solitude, such intercourse was mine : Mine was it in the fields both day and night, And by the waters, all the summer long ; And in the frosty season, when the sun Was set, and, visible for many a mile, The cottage windows through the twilight blazed, I heeded not the summons : happy time It was indeed for all of us ; for me It was a time of rapture...
الصفحة 16 - When the great fen, or moor, which watereth the walls of the city on the north side, is frozen, many young men play upon the ice; some, striding as wide as they may, do slide swiftly...