 The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions.  Amusements in Chess - Page 9by Charles Tomlinson - 1845 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Pruen - Chess - 1804 - 348 pages
...vanquished as well as the victor. " The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of Chess,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1804 - 78 pages
...the vanquished as well as the victor. The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of Chess,... | |
 | Thomas Pruen (of Cheltenham.) - 1804 - 338 pages
...vanquished as well as the victor. " The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of Chess,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 pages
...the vanquished as well as the victor. The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of chess,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1806 - 590 pages
...the vanquished as well as the victor. The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, SQ as to become habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of chess,... | |
 | Edmond Hoyle - Chess - 1808 - 122 pages
...several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready...occasions; for life is a kind of chess, in which we hare often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a... | |
 | Edmond Hoyle - Chess - 1808 - 120 pages
...OF CHESS, />/?. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. J HE game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement ; several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready on all occasions ; for life is a kind of chess,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1810 - 292 pages
...course of human hf, , uie to be acquired or ttri ngtlitncd by ii , so as to become habits, ' ' udy on all occasions. For life is a kind of chess, in which we have olu n poin-s to i,;iin- and compeutors ot a ivi- rsaries lo convtiiti, uadiu wiacli U>i-rciAd \«ai... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1811 - 190 pages
...not merely innocent, but advantageous, to the Tanquished as well as the victor. The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several valuable qualities...useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to be« come habit.-., ready on all occa ions. For life is a kiud of chess,... | |
 | 1812 - 314 pages
...the vanquished as well as the victor. The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of Chess,... | |
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