Word: swing
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Dates: during 1874-1874
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...escape them by a quick toss of the head, or by a light step backwards, you smile in conscious power, and feel a keen pleasure in thinking how the blows would sting did you not so skilfully shun them. To tap your adversary lightly on the forehead, or playfully swing your right hand against his ribs and see his look of injured innocence, gives a sense of calm satisfaction, - 't is an animal pleasure, if you please, but none the less real on that account, nor is delight in the manly feeling of being able to defend one's self...
...bells in the tower no longer swing...
...recognize a Tabular View, we shall have but two unoccupied hours throughout the day, and these hours, from two to four o'clock, though the best for out-door exercise, are still quite unavailable while we dine at one, for it must be injurious to pull an oar or swing a bat so soon after eating. To exercise later is to be on the river or at Jarvis at sunset, and this in October is far from healthy. Our athletic interests are greater than formerly, and are still on the increase. They certainly deserve consideration in the particular of which...
...much as possible, arms at their fullest extent, wrists depressed slightly so as to have the outside edge of the blade an inch above the water, and the inside edge resting on the surface. At the word "row," turn the oar barely more than square, raise the hands sharply, swing the body to the perpendicular, slide back (arms still rigid), swing slightly past the perpendicular and then bring the hands to the chest, high enough to keep the blade just covered, till the thumbs meet, while the elbows pass close to the side. Then force the handle down, feather...
...canker-worms' pendulous swing...