10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEADFOREMOST»
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headforemost in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Medico-chirurgical Review
Every one knows that the larvae escape headforemost from and if we pass in
succession to the vegetable kingdom, a similar law seems uniformly to prevail.
We may, therefore, assume that a universal law of organization, and not a result
of ...
And without any other complaint, passive and obedient, either from true devotion
to his master or from the example set by Blaisois, Mousqueton leaped into the
sea headforemost. A sublime action, at all events, for Mousqueton looked upon ...
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Inquiries of an emigrant: being the narrative of an English ...
A disagreeable life on board in such seasons : perhaps you are pitched
headforemost against one side of the vessel by a lee-lurch, or a roll, and before
you have time to recover your legs, tumbled to the other side; or at dinner, the
dishes and ...
4
Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile
Mr. Emerson closed the line, evidently too weary to hold himself erect, pitching
headforemost, half lying on the air. He came in to rest himself, and said to me that
Hawthorne was a tiger, a bear, a lion,--in short, a satyr, and there was no tiring ...
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Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile
Mr. Emerson closed the line, evidently too weary to hold himself erect, pitching
headforemost, half lying on the air. He came in to rest himself, and said to me that
Hawthorne was a tiger, a bear, a lion, – in short, a satyr, and there was no tiring ...
6
Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopædia of Sports and ...
The headforemost jump. In the first,the legs,arms,andheadareto be kept perfectly
rigid and stiff. The pupil must notallowfear,orthestrange sensation felt in the
bowels in leaping from considerable heights, to induce him to spread the arms or
...
7
Twenty Years After (Volume 2 of 2 ) (EasyRead Edition)
A groan, stifled by the grasp of Porthos, was all the reply of poor Blaisois, for the
giant, taking him neck and heels, plunged him into the water headforemost,
pushing him out of the window as if he had been a plank. “Now, Mousqueton,” he
said ...
8
The Musketeers: Twenty Years After
A groan, stifled by the grasp of Porthos, was all the reply of poor Blaisois, for the
giant, taking him neck and heels, plunged him into the water headforemost,
pushing him out of the window as if he had been a plank. “Now, Mousqueton,” he
said ...
Alexandre Dumas, Andrew Moore, 2009
9
Comic Faith: The Great Tradition from Austen to Joyce
The ultimate danger is that the looker-on will fall headforemost into the hosts of
things, and lose himself altogether." And he adds, "Mere passive observation, it
seems, will not do."18 Words are the means in Chuzzlewit for breaking down the
...
And without any other complaint, passive and obedient, either from true devotion
to his master or from the example set by Blaisois, Mousqueton leaped into the
sea headforemost. A sublime action, at all events, for Mousqueton looked upon ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEADFOREMOST»
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headforemost is used in the context of the following news items.
Joseph and the Giant Balloon: The First Aeronaut of the American …
... came in collision with a tree, the basket swinging under the branches, and, on the rebound, precipitating Mr. Kelly headforemost to the earth.". «The Atlantic, Apr 13»
Letters tell of life inside Victorian mental asylum
“Fancy a fellow of my age being thrashed with a walking stick and dragged off suddenly of a morning and pitched headforemost into a bath and ... «Scotsman, Feb 13»
The Future Passed: Jetpack edition
With his motor in operation, he moves like a diver, headforemost, controlling his direction by twisting his body and by movements of his ... «The Verge, Nov 11»
Barack Obama takes office as Republicans' scapegoat
Obama made a headforemost statement at the meeting in Iowa on February 13, 2007 when he criticized Bush's politics in Iraq. He said that the ... «Pravda, Jan 09»
