The History of Chess: From the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in India Till the Period of Its Establishment in Western and Central Europe |
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... give the thing the greater dignity . Now , we here see how one error re - acts upon another so as to multiply itself beyond any assignable limit , the refutation of which would now be mere waste of time . : In the second place , a host ...
... give the thing the greater dignity . Now , we here see how one error re - acts upon another so as to multiply itself beyond any assignable limit , the refutation of which would now be mere waste of time . : In the second place , a host ...
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... give a popular lecture on the subject , is compelled , as it were , to give the following stereotype paragraph , or something like it , in commencing his dis- course " Some historians have referred the invention of Chess to the ...
... give a popular lecture on the subject , is compelled , as it were , to give the following stereotype paragraph , or something like it , in commencing his dis- course " Some historians have referred the invention of Chess to the ...
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... give the author's sense as clearly as I can , by adopting some slight degree of circumlocution . It may be proper here to state that the Hindus are possessed of an immense collection of works in verse , entitled the Purānas . These are ...
... give the author's sense as clearly as I can , by adopting some slight degree of circumlocution . It may be proper here to state that the Hindus are possessed of an immense collection of works in verse , entitled the Purānas . These are ...
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... gives an analysis of the contents of the great epic poem of the Mahābhārata , we have the following notice of Yudhishthira : - " This game ( of dice ) is sanctioned by the Shastra . Yudhishthira first lost his estates , then , in ...
... gives an analysis of the contents of the great epic poem of the Mahābhārata , we have the following notice of Yudhishthira : - " This game ( of dice ) is sanctioned by the Shastra . Yudhishthira first lost his estates , then , in ...
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... give them a rough reception than the Elephant of the Red , which is on the right hand , and less able to gain their range , owing to his own Pawns , which stand in front of him . To this we may add , that the very approach of his own ...
... give them a rough reception than the Elephant of the Red , which is on the right hand , and less able to gain their range , owing to his own Pawns , which stand in front of him . To this we may add , that the very approach of his own ...
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