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... observe , with a DEDICATION ; but I find that I am imperceptibly drift- ing into a PREFACE , which last , they say , nobody ever reads . I will , therefore , at once conclude , wishing you long life and prosperity ; and hoping that you ...
... observe , with a DEDICATION ; but I find that I am imperceptibly drift- ing into a PREFACE , which last , they say , nobody ever reads . I will , therefore , at once conclude , wishing you long life and prosperity ; and hoping that you ...
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... observe a few of these primitive games , they would soon be able to provide fixed laws for every contingency that might occur . The points I allude to do not in the least affect the nature of the game , which is simply Chess in its ...
... observe a few of these primitive games , they would soon be able to provide fixed laws for every contingency that might occur . The points I allude to do not in the least affect the nature of the game , which is simply Chess in its ...
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... observe that Colebrooke , in the same note , states that the people of Bengal , in his time , still used the Boat for the Rook ; whereas those of the Carnatic used the Chariot . - D . FORBES . cr claw . I think this belief in the two ...
... observe that Colebrooke , in the same note , states that the people of Bengal , in his time , still used the Boat for the Rook ; whereas those of the Carnatic used the Chariot . - D . FORBES . cr claw . I think this belief in the two ...
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... observe , that the early Scandinavians applied the game of Chess to a similar purpose in order to discover a man's temper and moral dis- position . From an English abridgement of the " History of the Goths , Swedes and Vandals , " by ...
... observe , that the early Scandinavians applied the game of Chess to a similar purpose in order to discover a man's temper and moral dis- position . From an English abridgement of the " History of the Goths , Swedes and Vandals , " by ...
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... observation applies , though in a less degree , to the other Pieces , and also to the Pawns . The legality of their march and of their capture would be much more liable to violation , and the cause of many more disputes , if both the ...
... observation applies , though in a less degree , to the other Pieces , and also to the Pawns . The legality of their march and of their capture would be much more liable to violation , and the cause of many more disputes , if both the ...
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