The art of skating, by Cyclos |
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acquire ad libitum alternately ancle Arthur's Seat attain attitude awkward BACKWARD AND MIXED backward circle body boot boot-heel Canadian centre centrifugal force change the edge changing the foot clamps commences common skate complete the circle consider crossing roll curve described Diagram difficult direction elegant executing fastening figure skating Forward Striking four skaters front frost give Glasgow Club graceful Ice Rink inch inclination inside back inside backwards inside edge inside forwards instructions knee ladies large post 8vo LE FOOT lean learner learning left foot lift middle circle MIXED FIGURES mode motion movement pond practice proficiency quadrilles Quebec raised foot requires Reverse right angles right foot Right inside right outside forward right shoulder round screw Sea Serpent semi-circle Shamrock shinty side SILKWORM SINGLE FOOT BACKWARD skating accomplishment small circles sole speed Spiral straps sweeps toe to heel tread turned unemployed limb vulcanised wheel
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Page 69 - 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...
Page 69 - 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! Behind me did they stretch in solemn train, Feebler and feebler, and I stood and watched Till all was tranquil as a dreamless sleep.
Page 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...
Page 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 earth had rolled 460 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...
Page 68 - 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...
Page 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...
Page 69 - 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...
Page 115 - DIARY for 1872-73 contains Forms for Registering Game killed during the Year, either by a Single Gun or by a Party, or off the whole Estate. A List of Shooting Stations throughout...
Page 48 - ... forward ; the unemployed foot ought to be stretched towards the ice, with the toes in a direct line with the leg. In the time of making the curve, the body must be gradually and almost imperceptibly raised, and the unemployed limb brought in the same manner forward ; so that, at finishing the curve, the body will bend a small degree backward, and the unemployed foot will be about two inches before the other, ready to place on the ice, and form a corresponding curve.