That he throws himself at full length with a gesture approaching to a 'summerset' on satin sofas. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett]
That he throws himself at full length with a gesture approaching to a 'summerset' on satin sofas. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846] Reference
“But, if my devotion, as you are pleased to call my summerset, saved you, did it not save me too, for here we are, all three of us, in first-rate health?. From Wordnik.com. [Five Weeks in a Balloon] Reference
The mule run away with his plow and throwed him a summerset. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4] Reference
There was blackberry pie and huckleberry wine and little Maria with her summerset bangs. From Wordnik.com. [Summerset Bangs from Oldtown] Reference
We all three fired at the same instant, and some dozen gulls made a summerset in the air, and with flapping wings and dangling legs, fell into the water. From Wordnik.com. [A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition] Reference
Throw, for the amusement of Christians, a summerset. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes] Reference
Before she has gained the surface, she throws a summerset. From Wordnik.com. [American Notes] Reference
I can make over 1,500,000 miles in a day and turn a summerset 8,000 miles high in the bargain. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Arp from the uncivil war to date, 1861-1903,] Reference
He hadn't seen it, and it took him about the middle and throwed him the hardest summerset I ever seed a man git. From Wordnik.com. [The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X)] Reference
His plan is to come down on the other side upon his hands, and so turn a summerset, and come up on his feet beyond. From Wordnik.com. [Richard III Makers of History] Reference
My book is not ready for the press yet; and as to writing here, who could produce an epic in the pauses of a summerset?. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II] Reference
Fresh horses -- forward again, faster than before -- over rocks and stumps, on one of which the coach narrowly escaped turning a summerset. From Wordnik.com. [Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6] Reference
I have seen him do the summerset several times together, upon a trencher fixed on a rope which is no thicker than a common packthread in England. From Wordnik.com. [Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World] Reference
I have seen him do the summerset several times together upon a trencher fixed on the rope, which is no thicker than a common packthread in England. From Wordnik.com. [Gulliver's Travels] Reference
But instead of doing as I expected, he deliberately turned out of the road, went to the hill and jumped off, throwing me over his head, and causing me to turn a very undesirable summerset. From Wordnik.com. [Pictures of Slavery in Church and State; Including Personal Reminiscences, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, etc. etc. with an Appendix, Containing the Views of John Wesley and Richard Watson on Slavery] Reference
Sad as was our condition, the doctor and I could not help laughing heartily at his surprised countenance as he popped his head up again after his summerset, and we assisted to haul him out. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage round the World A book for boys] Reference
He rushed on almost close up to the rock, bellowing furiously, ploughing up the earth with his horns; and then, as if he had been making a voluntary summerset, he rolled right over, and was dead. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage round the World A book for boys] Reference
Hed give him a little hunch behind, and the next minute youd see that frog whirling in the air like a doughnutsee him turn one summerset, or maybe a couple, if he got a good start, and come down flat-footed and all right, like a cat. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Smily and His Jumping Frog] Reference
He'd give him a little punch behind, and the next minute you'd see that frog whirling in the air like a doughnut -- see him turn one summerset, or maybe a couple, if he got a good start, and come down flat-footed and all right, like a cat. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches New and Old] Reference
He'd give him a little punch behind, and the next minute you'd see that frog whirling in the air like a doughnut — see him turn one summerset, or may be a couple, if he got a good start, and come down flat-footed and all right, like a cat. From Wordnik.com. [The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County] Reference
Cocking a pistol, I rode a short distance in front, to meet him, and while in the act of taking deliberate aim at the bear, then not more than eight yards from me, I was surprised to see him turn a summerset and commence kicking with his hind legs. From Wordnik.com. [Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet] Reference
A summerset on the terrace, took up his sword and flourished it in the air, and then sat down again, staring and grinning in my face as if he had been imbibing laughing gas. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846] Reference
September 19, 2009 at 12:12 am summerset?. From Wordnik.com. [No LOL key - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
"Do you want to take a summerset through that window, old fellow, that you try to stuff us with such tough stories?. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia] Reference
I spects I 's the wickedest critter in the world; "and Topsy would cut a summerset, and come up brisk and shining on to a higher perch, and evidently plume herself on the distinction. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Tom's Cabin] Reference
"Brer Fox tuck holt," continued Aunt Tempy, endeavoring to keep from laughing, "un he fetch'd one big pull, un I let you know dat 'uz de onliest pull he make,' kaze de tails come out un he tu'n a back summerset. From Wordnik.com. [Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation] Reference
A summerset), through Halnaker Park over Halnaker Hill to Seabeach. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
A summerset. From Wordnik.com. [American Notes] Reference
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