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... LEAPING AND LEAPERS IN ANTIQUITY V. - ACROBATS IN ANTIQUITY · - 107 · 119 - 134 140 149 VI . - MODERN ACROBATS · 158 " " VII . ROPE DANCERS IN ANCIENT TIMES AND IN " " THE MIDDLE AGES 167 IX . VIII . ROPE DANCERS IN MODERN TIMES ...
... LEAPING AND LEAPERS IN ANTIQUITY V. - ACROBATS IN ANTIQUITY · - 107 · 119 - 134 140 149 VI . - MODERN ACROBATS · 158 " " VII . ROPE DANCERS IN ANCIENT TIMES AND IN " " THE MIDDLE AGES 167 IX . VIII . ROPE DANCERS IN MODERN TIMES ...
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... . HALTERES USED IN JUMPING - 22 24 25 27 28 31 32 33 34 37 38 39 40 41 44 44 45 50 51 65 69 75 83 99 · 109 III · II2 113 · 117 127 - 137 143 35. LEAPING WITH HALTERES 36. ANOTHER SCENE 37. LEAPING OVER LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .
... . HALTERES USED IN JUMPING - 22 24 25 27 28 31 32 33 34 37 38 39 40 41 44 44 45 50 51 65 69 75 83 99 · 109 III · II2 113 · 117 127 - 137 143 35. LEAPING WITH HALTERES 36. ANOTHER SCENE 37. LEAPING OVER LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .
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... LEAPING OVER JAVELINS 38. HIGH LEAP · 39. THE GAME OF THE GREASED BOTTLE 40. HIGH LEAP · 41. LEAPING WITH POLE 42. ANCIENT TUMBLER 43. ANOTHER SCENE 44. FEMALE ACROBATS 45. ANOTHER SCENE 46. ROPE DANCERS 47. ANOTHER SCENE 48. ANOTHER ...
... LEAPING OVER JAVELINS 38. HIGH LEAP · 39. THE GAME OF THE GREASED BOTTLE 40. HIGH LEAP · 41. LEAPING WITH POLE 42. ANCIENT TUMBLER 43. ANOTHER SCENE 44. FEMALE ACROBATS 45. ANOTHER SCENE 46. ROPE DANCERS 47. ANOTHER SCENE 48. ANOTHER ...
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... the combination of wrestling with pugilism . We have described the former , it now remains to speak of the latter . CHAPTER III . PUGILISM AMONG THE ANCIENTS . Love of C 2 WRESTLING AND WRESTLERS . 35 LEAPING WITH HALTERES.
... the combination of wrestling with pugilism . We have described the former , it now remains to speak of the latter . CHAPTER III . PUGILISM AMONG THE ANCIENTS . Love of C 2 WRESTLING AND WRESTLERS . 35 LEAPING WITH HALTERES.
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... sung by Pindar , when an old man , and after having in his time won many wreaths , led his two sons to the Olympic games . The young men having been proclaimed the con- PUGILISM AMONG THE ANCIENTS . 37 LEAPING OVER JAVELINS.
... sung by Pindar , when an old man , and after having in his time won many wreaths , led his two sons to the Olympic games . The young men having been proclaimed the con- PUGILISM AMONG THE ANCIENTS . 37 LEAPING OVER JAVELINS.
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Seite 272 - Sith it be no better," said Locksley, " I am content to try my fortune ; on condition that when I have shot two shafts at yonder mark of Hubert's,- he shall be bound to shoot one at that which I shall propose." "That is but fair," answered Prince John, "and it shall not be refused thee.
Seite 339 - Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: also, a Descriptive Notice of Modern Weapons. Translated from the French of MP Lacombe, and with a Preface, Notes, and one additional Chapter on Arms and Armour in England. By CHAS. BOUTELL, MA, author of "English Heraldry,
Seite 339 - The Young Man in the Battle of Life. By the Rev. DR. LANDELS, Author of " Woman : her Position and Power,
Seite 274 - Hubert resumed his place, and not neglecting the caution which he had received from his adversary, he made the necessary allowance for a very light air of wind, which had just arisen, and shot so successfully that his arrow alighted in the very centre of the target. " A Hubert! a Hubert!" shouted the populace, more interested in a known person than in a stranger. " In the clout! — in the clout! — a Hubert forever!" " Thou canst not mend that shot, Locksley," said the Prince, with an insulting...
Seite 274 - Locksley. And letting fly his arrow with a little more precaution than before, it lighted right upon that of his competitor, which it split to shivers. The people who stood around were so astonished at his wonderful dexterity, that they could not even give vent to their surprise in their usual clamour. * This must be the devil, and no man of flesh and blood,' whispered the yeomen to each other ; ' such archery was never seen since a bow was first bent in Britain.
Seite 193 - For me, degenerate modern wretch, Though in the genial month of May, My dripping limbs I faintly stretch, And think I've done a feat today. But since he...