The art of skating, by Cyclos |
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acquire alternately ancle ART OF SKATING attain awkward body boot boot-heel boot-sole Canadian centre centrifugal force change the edge clamps commence common skate complete the circle considered crossing roll CRYSTAL PALACE curve cusp Cyclos described Diagram Diagram III difficult direction elegant fastening Fcap feet FIELD figure skating finishing Forward Striking forward strokes four skaters front give graceful grape vine HORACE COX ice rink impetus inch inside backwards inside edge inside forward knee ladies Large post 8vo lean learner left foot lift Lincolnshire lockstitch loop mode motion movement never Norway perfect performed pond position post free practice Quebec raised foot Reverse right angles right foot right shoulder round screw SEA SERPENT Second Edition semi-circle Shamrock shinty side skate iron skating accomplishment Skating Club small circles sole speed Spread Eagle STONEHENGE straps stroke sweep tion toe to heel tread turn unemployed foot
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الصفحة 69 - And not a voice was idle : with the din Meanwhile 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 69 - 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 ! — Clear and loud The village clock tolled six — I wheeled about, Proud and exulting like an untired horse That cares not for its home. — All shod with steel We hissed along the polished ice...
الصفحة 69 - 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. Not seldom from the uproar I retired Into a silent bay, or sportively Glanced sideway, leaving the tumultuous throng...
الصفحة 69 - ... 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 68 - 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 69 - Upon the glassy plain : and oftentimes, 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...
الصفحة 71 - Recipes of all descriptions of the greatest utility to the general Sportsman, to which is added a series of Recipes on the Management of Dogs in Health and Disease. Vol. 1. of " TH» FIELD
الصفحة v - 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...
الصفحة 69 - 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 ! Behind me did they stretch in solemn train, Feebler and feebler, and I stood and watched Till all was tranquil as a dreamless sleep.
الصفحة 68 - When vapours rolling down the valley made A lonely scene more lonesome, among woods, At noon and 'mid the calm of summer nights, When, by the margin of the trembling lake...