"Somersault" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... said, "I'm not going to allow you to make a somersault into heaven over my head. In any case, these little mites won't ...
— My New Curate • P.A. Sheehan
... rigged together in the shape of an open pair of scissors. Press the ends of the sticks at the bottom; and the acrobat tosses his legs over the string, seats himself upon it, and finally turns a somersault. ...
— Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan - First Series • Lafcadio Hearn
... are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fat; Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door— Pray, what is ...
— The Ontario Readers - Third Book • Ontario Ministry of Education
... do business. As the priest broke free, he slid around in an attempt to fasten himself on Kirby's back. Quickly, tensely Kirby doubled, and knew that he had done enough. The cacique shot over his shoulders, described a somersault in midair, and landed with a sharp crack of head ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 • Various
... Howesha grumbling fiercely to the moon as she went through the same gymnastic performance, and felt her own rocking and pitching until it came to the ground. Whereupon she dismounted lightly, and reeled against the man as the entire desert, herself and camels included, turned a complete somersault, after which she meekly sat down on Taffadaln's back ...
— Desert Love • Joan Conquest
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