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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... mention the game of Chess , we find that , to save himself trouble , he employed the unwarrantable term , " Ludus Latruncu- lorum , " taking it for granted that Chess was identcial with game of the Romans.2 Bye and bye , when the modern ...
... mention the game of Chess , we find that , to save himself trouble , he employed the unwarrantable term , " Ludus Latruncu- lorum , " taking it for granted that Chess was identcial with game of the Romans.2 Bye and bye , when the modern ...
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... mentioned in the " Laws of the Howel Da , " & c . , that is , if it be Chess which is there alluded to , a point on which the learned of Cambria by no means agree . Welsh , the Araucanians , ' the Jews , the HISTORY OF CHESS . 5.
... mentioned in the " Laws of the Howel Da , " & c . , that is , if it be Chess which is there alluded to , a point on which the learned of Cambria by no means agree . Welsh , the Araucanians , ' the Jews , the HISTORY OF CHESS . 5.
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... mention that from the earliest times on record till towards the close of the last century , the Sanskrit language continued to be the sacred and jealously guarded depository of the ancient stores of knowledge possessed by the Hindus ...
... mention that from the earliest times on record till towards the close of the last century , the Sanskrit language continued to be the sacred and jealously guarded depository of the ancient stores of knowledge possessed by the Hindus ...
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... William Jones states , on the authority of his friend the Brahman Radha Kant , " that this game is mentioned in the oldest ( Hindu ) law - books ; and that it was invented by the wife of Rāvan , King 12 HISTORY OF CHESS .
... William Jones states , on the authority of his friend the Brahman Radha Kant , " that this game is mentioned in the oldest ( Hindu ) law - books ; and that it was invented by the wife of Rāvan , King 12 HISTORY OF CHESS .
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... mention , however , that the original , is , in many places , so extremely concise in its style , that a mere verbal translation into English would convey no meaning . In such cases I have en- deavoured to give the author's sense as ...
... mention , however , that the original , is , in many places , so extremely concise in its style , that a mere verbal translation into English would convey no meaning . In such cases I have en- deavoured to give the author's sense as ...
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