The art of skating, by Cyclos |
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... screw to go up into the heel , and a small bar of iron across the tread of the foot , an inch forward from the broadest place , and turned up at the ends to catch the sole of the boot . If the learner has these , the straps will never ...
... screw to go up into the heel , and a small bar of iron across the tread of the foot , an inch forward from the broadest place , and turned up at the ends to catch the sole of the boot . If the learner has these , the straps will never ...
الصفحة 30
... screw , there is a pike ; and the spring is solely used for keeping this pike in its place , not , as might be imagined , for causing any buoyancy of motion . I used this skate for some years , but considered it insecure . The iron has ...
... screw , there is a pike ; and the spring is solely used for keeping this pike in its place , not , as might be imagined , for causing any buoyancy of motion . I used this skate for some years , but considered it insecure . The iron has ...
الصفحة 35
... screws should have broad flat heads , that they may not project incon- veniently . A bit of iron turned up at the back of the heel , with a single screw to go in , is frequently adopted ; but , though more quickly adjusted , it is not ...
... screws should have broad flat heads , that they may not project incon- veniently . A bit of iron turned up at the back of the heel , with a single screw to go in , is frequently adopted ; but , though more quickly adjusted , it is not ...
الصفحة 37
... screw to go through into the boot heel . This is the whole fastening ; there are no straps of any description ; the wearer trusts the rest to a well - laced boot . I hesitate to recommend this plan till it has had a longer trial . The ...
... screw to go through into the boot heel . This is the whole fastening ; there are no straps of any description ; the wearer trusts the rest to a well - laced boot . I hesitate to recommend this plan till it has had a longer trial . The ...
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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...