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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... Whethick ilge . BY DUNCAN FORBES , LL.D. , PROFESSOR OF ORIENTAL LANGUAGES IN KING'S COLLEGE , LONDON . LONDON : WM . H. ALLEN & Co. , 7 , LEADENHALL STREET . 1860 . LEWIS AND SON , PRINTERS , 21 , FINCH LANE 9 : 286 CHAPTER.
... Whethick ilge . BY DUNCAN FORBES , LL.D. , PROFESSOR OF ORIENTAL LANGUAGES IN KING'S COLLEGE , LONDON . LONDON : WM . H. ALLEN & Co. , 7 , LEADENHALL STREET . 1860 . LEWIS AND SON , PRINTERS , 21 , FINCH LANE 9 : 286 CHAPTER.
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... language of our kinsfolk of Germany . Within the last two years , I have , at leisure times , carefully revised my original sketches ; and , to use the words of Dr. Johnson , I have endeavoured " to make them better , " in three ways ...
... language of our kinsfolk of Germany . Within the last two years , I have , at leisure times , carefully revised my original sketches ; and , to use the words of Dr. Johnson , I have endeavoured " to make them better , " in three ways ...
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... language , by evil custom , that it would be sheer pedantry to disturb them ; such for instance are " Caliph , " and Caliph , " and " Caliphate , " instead of Khalifa , and Khilafat . By rigidly following Sir William Jones's system in ...
... language , by evil custom , that it would be sheer pedantry to disturb them ; such for instance are " Caliph , " and Caliph , " and " Caliphate , " instead of Khalifa , and Khilafat . By rigidly following Sir William Jones's system in ...
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... language of Europe , when a writer had occasion to mention the game of Chess , we find that , to save himself ... languages of Europe became a little cultivated , and trans- HISTORY OF CHESS . 3 INTRODUCTION-Three periods of Chess-The ...
... language of Europe , when a writer had occasion to mention the game of Chess , we find that , to save himself ... languages of Europe became a little cultivated , and trans- HISTORY OF CHESS . 3 INTRODUCTION-Three periods of Chess-The ...
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... languages of Europe became a little cultivated , and trans- lations from the classical writers began to be made for the use of the people at large , the " Ludus Latrunculorum , " or " Ludus Calculorum , " was generally translated as ...
... languages of Europe became a little cultivated , and trans- lations from the classical writers began to be made for the use of the people at large , the " Ludus Latrunculorum , " or " Ludus Calculorum , " was generally translated as ...
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