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... passage is quoted from Bellonius , an author with whose works I am unacquainted . 1 Of this second species of hallucination here follow two specimens . In the Translation of Seneca's work by Dr. Thomas Lodge - Folio , London , 1614 , we ...
... passage is quoted from Bellonius , an author with whose works I am unacquainted . 1 Of this second species of hallucination here follow two specimens . In the Translation of Seneca's work by Dr. Thomas Lodge - Folio , London , 1614 , we ...
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... passage , " the Elephant moves in all directions as far as the driver pleases ; " and , further on , it is added , " the Elephant , we find , has the powers of our Queen , as we are pleased to call the minister or general of the ...
... passage , " the Elephant moves in all directions as far as the driver pleases ; " and , further on , it is added , " the Elephant , we find , has the powers of our Queen , as we are pleased to call the minister or general of the ...
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... passage , says , " the last rule is extremely obscure . " Now , it so happens , that , instead of being obscure , it affords us a ray of light of no small importance . We learn from it that the ad- verse forces of each party were those ...
... passage , says , " the last rule is extremely obscure . " Now , it so happens , that , instead of being obscure , it affords us a ray of light of no small importance . We learn from it that the ad- verse forces of each party were those ...
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... passage : - " But it appears to me , that all he ( Sir William Jones ) afterwards adduces on the subject is so far from corroborating , that it is in direct contra- diction of this opinion ; and I trust my further combating it will ...
... passage : - " But it appears to me , that all he ( Sir William Jones ) afterwards adduces on the subject is so far from corroborating , that it is in direct contra- diction of this opinion ; and I trust my further combating it will ...
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... passage in the " Amaracosha , " quoted by Sir William Jones , does not refer to the game of Chess at all , but simply to the component parts of an army . - ALPHA . for the Chariot on dry land has the same importance HISTORY OF CHESS . 41.
... passage in the " Amaracosha , " quoted by Sir William Jones , does not refer to the game of Chess at all , but simply to the component parts of an army . - ALPHA . for the Chariot on dry land has the same importance HISTORY OF CHESS . 41.
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