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" That the river between the parties is expressive of the general face of this country, where a battle could hardly be fought without encountering an interruption of this kind, which the soldier was here taught to overcome ; but that, on the introduction... "
Gioachino Greco on the Game of Chess - Page xv
by Gioachino Greco - 1819 - 148 pages
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The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and ...

English poetry - 1796 - 800 pages
...which the foldier was here taught to overcome ; but that, on the introduction of the game into Perfia; the board changed with the dry nature of the region, and the conteft was decided on terra firma, Ai»d Inftly, that in no account of the origin of chefs, that I...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 36

History - 1799 - 770 pages
...which the Ibldier was here taught to overcome ; but that, on the introduction of the game into Pcrlia, the board changed with the dry nature of the region, and the conteft was decidt-d on terra firma. And, laftly, that in no account ot the origin of Chefs, that I...
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An introduction to the history and study of chess; to which is added, The ...

Thomas Pruen (of Cheltenham.) - 1804 - 338 pages
...discipline improved, the lines, which are straggling on the Chinese board, might have been closed on ours. That the river between the parties is expressive of...on terra firma*. And lastly, that in no account of Chess that he had seen has the story been so consistent Or characteristic as the above." With the Indians...
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An Introduction to the History and Study of Chess;: With Copious ...

Thomas Pruen - Chess - 1804 - 348 pages
...discipline improved, the lines, which are straggling on the Chinese board, might have been closed on ours. That the river between the parties is expressive of...of the region, and the contest was decided on terra fir ma*. And lastly, that in no account of Chess that he had seen has the story been so consistent...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 36

History - 1806 - 770 pages
...that, on the introduction ot the gime into. Persia, the board changed with th<í dry nature of ihe region, and the contest was decided on terra firma....origin of chess, that I have read, has the tale been socharacteristicor consistent as that which I have the honour to offer to the .Irish- academy. With...
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Annual Register, Volume 36

Edmund Burke - History - 1806 - 804 pages
...encountering an interruption of tliis-kind, which the soldier was here taught to overcome ; buttbat, on the introduction of the game into Persia, the board...the honour to offer to the Irish academy. With the Iiidians, it was designed by a Bramin, to cure the melancholy of the daughter of a rajah. With the...
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