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Page iv
... least seven times the size of the original brochure . I am quite sensible , however , that the work has still many faults , both of omission and commission ; and all I can say is , that I believe the design to be good . I think I have ...
... least seven times the size of the original brochure . I am quite sensible , however , that the work has still many faults , both of omission and commission ; and all I can say is , that I believe the design to be good . I think I have ...
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... least ambitious of obtaining for myself that sort of vulgar reputation for profound learning which consists in merely exhibiting one's knowledge of a multitude of uncouth alphabets . GENTLEMEN , I commenced , as you may observe , with a ...
... least ambitious of obtaining for myself that sort of vulgar reputation for profound learning which consists in merely exhibiting one's knowledge of a multitude of uncouth alphabets . GENTLEMEN , I commenced , as you may observe , with a ...
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... least affinity to Chess.1 Now , during the middle ages , whilst Latin was the literary language of Europe , when a writer had occasion to mention the game of Chess , we find that , to save himself trouble , he employed the unwarrantable ...
... least affinity to Chess.1 Now , during the middle ages , whilst Latin was the literary language of Europe , when a writer had occasion to mention the game of Chess , we find that , to save himself trouble , he employed the unwarrantable ...
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... least affect the nature of the game , which is simply Chess in its oldest and rudest form . They are mere matters of detail , which the ancient poet ( supposed to have been Vyasa himself ) did not deem it necessary , or becoming his ...
... least affect the nature of the game , which is simply Chess in its oldest and rudest form . They are mere matters of detail , which the ancient poet ( supposed to have been Vyasa himself ) did not deem it necessary , or becoming his ...
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... least respectability now uses it . 2 In Scotland there is a very sensible law applicable to gamesters , which ap- pears to be still in force . A few years back I remember reading in the " Times " of a case of gambling , or rather ...
... least respectability now uses it . 2 In Scotland there is a very sensible law applicable to gamesters , which ap- pears to be still in force . A few years back I remember reading in the " Times " of a case of gambling , or rather ...
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