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... according to the Historians of Persia and Arabia • CHAPTER VIII . SHATRANJ CONTINUED - Account of Oriental Manuscript Works on Chess in the British Museum , and in the Library of the Royal Asiatic So- ciety , & c . - Oriental Problems ...
... according to the Historians of Persia and Arabia • CHAPTER VIII . SHATRANJ CONTINUED - Account of Oriental Manuscript Works on Chess in the British Museum , and in the Library of the Royal Asiatic So- ciety , & c . - Oriental Problems ...
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... according to his own precon- ceived notions ( founded absolutely on nothing ) , attributed the paternity of Chess to various nations and tribes who themselves never laid any claim to the honour . For ex- ample : one man writes a quarto ...
... according to his own precon- ceived notions ( founded absolutely on nothing ) , attributed the paternity of Chess to various nations and tribes who themselves never laid any claim to the honour . For ex- ample : one man writes a quarto ...
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... according to the 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 ...
... according to the 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 ...
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... according to Hindū authorities , would carry us too far back to meet with the reader's belief ; but , in what we may call the heroic or poetic age of Hindu history , we find the game familiarly ! spoken of in the Purānas , as then known ...
... according to Hindū authorities , would carry us too far back to meet with the reader's belief ; but , in what we may call the heroic or poetic age of Hindu history , we find the game familiarly ! spoken of in the Purānas , as then known ...
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... according to his own pleasure ; the Horse moves over three squares in an oblique direction ; and the Ship , O Yudhishthira , moves two squares diagonally . 1 The die alluded to is an oblong , four - sided one , used by the natives of ...
... according to his own pleasure ; the Horse moves over three squares in an oblique direction ; and the Ship , O Yudhishthira , moves two squares diagonally . 1 The die alluded to is an oblong , four - sided one , used by the natives of ...
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