The History of Chess: From the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in India Till the Period of Its Establishment in Western and Central Europe |
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... course , its faults and shortcomings , which are all my own . You will recollect , that , some six years ago , I drew up , at your suggestion , a few Essays on the Eastern origin of the Royal Game , which , from time to time , ap ...
... course , its faults and shortcomings , which are all my own . You will recollect , that , some six years ago , I drew up , at your suggestion , a few Essays on the Eastern origin of the Royal Game , which , from time to time , ap ...
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... course of time , especially those regarding the Japanese Game , now that we have established a friendly intercourse with the government and people of that interesting country . It remains for me briefly to notice my mode of spelling ...
... course of time , especially those regarding the Japanese Game , now that we have established a friendly intercourse with the government and people of that interesting country . It remains for me briefly to notice my mode of spelling ...
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... course of time , this game was communicated to Palamedes , at the siege of Troy , who quietly took to himself the honour of the invention . All this is sheer imagination . Who were the Scythian shepherds ? Why , they were the fathers of ...
... course of time , this game was communicated to Palamedes , at the siege of Troy , who quietly took to himself the honour of the invention . All this is sheer imagination . Who were the Scythian shepherds ? Why , they were the fathers of ...
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... course " Some historians have referred the invention of Chess to the philosopher Xerxes ; others to the Grecian Prince Palamedes ; some to the brothers Lydo and Tyrr- hene ; and others , again , to the Egyptians . The Chinese the Hindus ...
... course " Some historians have referred the invention of Chess to the philosopher Xerxes ; others to the Grecian Prince Palamedes ; some to the brothers Lydo and Tyrr- hene ; and others , again , to the Egyptians . The Chinese the Hindus ...
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... course " for having the matter cleared up , " as the " Standard - bearer " has it . A brief inquiry after the truth would convince them that the " philosopher Xerxes , " and the " brothers Lydo and Tyrrhene , " were , like Mrs. Harris ...
... course " for having the matter cleared up , " as the " Standard - bearer " has it . A brief inquiry after the truth would convince them that the " philosopher Xerxes , " and the " brothers Lydo and Tyrrhene , " were , like Mrs. Harris ...
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