The art of skating, by Cyclos |
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... straight , or it becomes difficult to make small circles ; yet I would rather have them too straight than too much curved . Walker says , " the curve should be the arc of a " circle whose radius is two feet . " This is quite too much ...
... straight , or it becomes difficult to make small circles ; yet I would rather have them too straight than too much curved . Walker says , " the curve should be the arc of a " circle whose radius is two feet . " This is quite too much ...
الصفحة 46
... straight forward , the one behind the other ; that is , the toe of the one to the heel of the other . Lean well forward , and slightly lift one foot , setting it down again in its place , then lift the other also slightly , and set it ...
... straight forward , the one behind the other ; that is , the toe of the one to the heel of the other . Lean well forward , and slightly lift one foot , setting it down again in its place , then lift the other also slightly , and set it ...
الصفحة 47
... straight line as possible , but about a foot apart , the knees being bent . The impetus having first been obtained by a few forward strokes , the feet are brought quickly into the position ; when the natural consequence is a circle ...
... straight line as possible , but about a foot apart , the knees being bent . The impetus having first been obtained by a few forward strokes , the feet are brought quickly into the position ; when the natural consequence is a circle ...
الصفحة 48
... straight line , without curving either way , and in this lies the difficulty . The attitude , from which the name is taken , is thus described : : - " The right arm ( when going to the right ) must " be held out nearly in a line with ...
... straight line , without curving either way , and in this lies the difficulty . The attitude , from which the name is taken , is thus described : : - " The right arm ( when going to the right ) must " be held out nearly in a line with ...
الصفحة 60
... straight , the right shoulder slightly forward , -- the head erect , —and the eye looking before them ; the right arm bent , and half raised , but never higher than the shoulder , -the left arm hanging easily by the side , —the left ...
... straight , the right shoulder slightly forward , -- the head erect , —and the eye looking before them ; the right arm bent , and half raised , but never higher than the shoulder , -the left arm hanging easily by the side , —the left ...
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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...