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... Remarks , by Duncan Forbes xl xlvii · · F. “ Chess among the Araucanians , " by James Mill , Esq . , with Notes and Remarks , by Duncan Forbes Explanation of the Three Folding Plates at the end of the Volume liv • lx HISTORY OF CHESS ...
... Remarks , by Duncan Forbes xl xlvii · · F. “ Chess among the Araucanians , " by James Mill , Esq . , with Notes and Remarks , by Duncan Forbes Explanation of the Three Folding Plates at the end of the Volume liv • lx HISTORY OF CHESS ...
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... remark on the part of the philosophic standard - bearer , appears to me to be most applicable to the present state of our information respecting the origin and progress of the game of Chess . Modern writers on the subject , with a few ...
... remark on the part of the philosophic standard - bearer , appears to me to be most applicable to the present state of our information respecting the origin and progress of the game of Chess . Modern writers on the subject , with a few ...
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... remarks on the above 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 ...
... remarks on the above 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 ...
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... remarks were written ; but it differs in no material respect from the others . 2 India is so called by the Arabs to this day . The word Hindūstān , “ the abode of the Hindus , or dark coloured people , " is generally used by the Persian ...
... remarks were written ; but it differs in no material respect from the others . 2 India is so called by the Arabs to this day . The word Hindūstān , “ the abode of the Hindus , or dark coloured people , " is generally used by the Persian ...
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... remarks , not over- complimentary to Sassa , on the score of his worldly wis- dom . But by the time they had passed the thirty - second square or so , their mirth was changed into gravity . The treasurer clearly perceived that all the ...
... remarks , not over- complimentary to Sassa , on the score of his worldly wis- dom . But by the time they had passed the thirty - second square or so , their mirth was changed into gravity . The treasurer clearly perceived that all the ...
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