The Boy's Own Book;: A Complete Encyclopedia of All the Diversions, Athletic, Scientific, and Recreative, of Boyhood and Youth..Vizetelly, Branston and Company, 1829 - 462 Seiten |
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... position for all the players to leap over him in their turn . The first over whom he passed , follows him over the second , third , fourth , & c .; and when he has gone over , the one who begun the game places himself in like manner for ...
... position for all the players to leap over him in their turn . The first over whom he passed , follows him over the second , third , fourth , & c .; and when he has gone over , the one who begun the game places himself in like manner for ...
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... position ; and the umpire should see that he does so . The first player having thus taken his position , the second leaps , or vaults , astride on his back , holds up as many of the fingers of one hand as he pleases , and says , " Buck ...
... position ; and the umpire should see that he does so . The first player having thus taken his position , the second leaps , or vaults , astride on his back , holds up as many of the fingers of one hand as he pleases , and says , " Buck ...
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... POSITION . toward the mark , but no part of the body , should be turned toward the east ; the head should be rather inclined ; the left hand , with the bow in it in a perpendicular position , is to be held out straight to- ward the mark ...
... POSITION . toward the mark , but no part of the body , should be turned toward the east ; the head should be rather inclined ; the left hand , with the bow in it in a perpendicular position , is to be held out straight to- ward the mark ...
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... position of all the parts of the body , that none may be exposed to injury : for example , the tongue must never be suffered to remain between the teeth . The left hand and arm are commonly weaker than the right ; let them be frequently ...
... position of all the parts of the body , that none may be exposed to injury : for example , the tongue must never be suffered to remain between the teeth . The left hand and arm are commonly weaker than the right ; let them be frequently ...
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... position over the bar to the right or left . The movement of lowering the body by bending the elbows is done by drawing up the feet toward the hams , and sinking gradually until the elbows are even with the head ; rise again by ...
... position over the bar to the right or left . The movement of lowering the body by bending the elbows is done by drawing up the feet toward the hams , and sinking gradually until the elbows are even with the head ; rise again by ...
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Seite 31 - Fitzstephen, it was customary in the winter, when the ice would bear them, for the young citizens of London to fasten the leg bones of animals under the soles of their feet by tying them round their ancles, and then taking a pole shod with iron into their hands, they pushed themselves forward by striking it against the ice, and moved with celerity equal, says the author, to a bird flying through the air, or an arrow from a cross-bow...
Seite 134 - ... is an imprudence which may prove fatal. I once knew an instance of four young men, who, having worked at harvest in the heat of the day, with a view of refreshing themselves, plunged into a spring of cold water ; two died upon the spot, a third next morning, and the fourth recovered with great difficulty. A copious draught of cold water, in similar circumstances, is frequently attended with the same effect, in North America. " The exercise of swimming is one of the most healthy and agreeable...
Seite 134 - When I was a boy, I amused myself one day with flying a paper kite ; and approaching the iJank of a pond, which was near a mile broad, I tied the string to a stake, and the kite ascended to a very considerable height above the pond, while I was swimming. In a little time, being desirous of amusing myself with my kite, and enjoying at the same time the pleasure of swimming, I returned ; and, loosing...
Seite 439 - twas permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence confessed. 'Twill be found in the sphere when 'tis riven asunder, Be seen in the lightning, and heard in the thunder ; 'Twas allotted to man with his earliest breath, Attends at his birth and awaits him in death, Presides o'er his happiness, honour, and health, Is the prop of his house, and the end of his wealth.
Seite 238 - ... for the value of the twenty-fourth nail in his shoes, reckoning one farthing for the first nail, two for the second, four for the third, and so on to the twenty-fourth.
Seite 239 - If 100 stones are placed in a straight line, at the distance of a yard from each other ; how far must a person travel, to bring them one by one to a box placed at the distance of a yard from the first stone 1 QUEST.
Seite 35 - How MANY miles to Babylon? Three score miles and ten. Can I get there by candle-light? Yes, and back again.
Seite 450 - ... for a considerable space, and beyond them so much thinner as to be invisible, except in its effect of smoothing the waves at a much greater distance. It seems as if a mutual repulsion between its particles took place as soon as it touched the water, and a repulsion so strong as to act on other...
Seite 439 - Twas muttered in Hell, And echo caught faintly The sound as it fell. On the confines of earth 'Twas permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean Its presence confessed.
Seite 133 - The body continuing suspended as before, and upright, if the head be leaned quite back, so that the face look upward, all the back part of the head being under water, and its weight consequently in a great measure supported by it, the face will remain above water quite free for breathing, will rise an inch higher every inspiration, and sink as much every expiration ; but never so low as that the water may come over the mouth.