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... Italian , and the consonants , as in English . " Thus the three vowels , a , i , and u , if unaccented , have the same sounds as in the English words " fat , " " fit , " and ( oo in ) " foot " respectively . The same , accented , are ...
... Italian , and the consonants , as in English . " Thus the three vowels , a , i , and u , if unaccented , have the same sounds as in the English words " fat , " " fit , " and ( oo in ) " foot " respectively . The same , accented , are ...
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... Italy- Chess in Russia · . 199 • 216 CHAPTER XVI . · 238 Modern Oriental Chess - Chess in Abyssinia — Chess in Syria and Arabia -Chess in Egypt - Chess in Persia - Chess in Hindustan CHAPTER XVII . · Chess to the Eastward of Hindustan ...
... Italy- Chess in Russia · . 199 • 216 CHAPTER XVI . · 238 Modern Oriental Chess - Chess in Abyssinia — Chess in Syria and Arabia -Chess in Egypt - Chess in Persia - Chess in Hindustan CHAPTER XVII . · Chess to the Eastward of Hindustan ...
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... " The Incomparable Game of Chess . " - London , 1820. It is an imperfect translation from the Italian of Ponziani , by J. S. Bingham , Esq . , as he styles himself . the moves and powers of all the pieces employed were 6 HISTORY OF CHESS .
... " The Incomparable Game of Chess . " - London , 1820. It is an imperfect translation from the Italian of Ponziani , by J. S. Bingham , Esq . , as he styles himself . the moves and powers of all the pieces employed were 6 HISTORY OF CHESS .
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... Italian method or that of the Anglo - French school . It is just probable that our go - ahead posterity will introduce some further modifica- tions - such , for instance , as giving the Queen the addi- tional power of the Knight . This ...
... Italian method or that of the Anglo - French school . It is just probable that our go - ahead posterity will introduce some further modifica- tions - such , for instance , as giving the Queen the addi- tional power of the Knight . This ...
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... Italian critics , by the first intention . ' 99 In a paper more recently written on the same subject , in the " Asiatic Researches , " vol . vii . page 481 , by Captain Hiram Cox , the latter very justly remarks on the above passage ...
... Italian critics , by the first intention . ' 99 In a paper more recently written on the same subject , in the " Asiatic Researches , " vol . vii . page 481 , by Captain Hiram Cox , the latter very justly remarks on the above passage ...
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