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... observe , with a DEDICATION ; but I find that I am imperceptibly drift- ing into a PREFACE , which last , they say , nobody ever reads . I will , therefore , at once conclude , wishing you long life and prosperity ; and hoping that you ...
... observe , with a DEDICATION ; but I find that I am imperceptibly drift- ing into a PREFACE , which last , they say , nobody ever reads . I will , therefore , at once conclude , wishing you long life and prosperity ; and hoping that you ...
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... observed by the late Ensign O'Doherty 1 in his ninety - eighth maxim , that " the reason why many important matters remain in obscurity and doubt is , that nobody has adopted the proper means for having them cleared up . " This ...
... observed by the late Ensign O'Doherty 1 in his ninety - eighth maxim , that " the reason why many important matters remain in obscurity and doubt is , that nobody has adopted the proper means for having them cleared up . " This ...
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... observed , the mere occasion of its invention is a point of little or no real im- portance ; our main object at present is to determine the region where , and approximately the time when , it was invented . Sir William Jones states , on ...
... observed , the mere occasion of its invention is a point of little or no real im- portance ; our main object at present is to determine the region where , and approximately the time when , it was invented . Sir William Jones states , on ...
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... observed , was an eminent legis- lator and philosopher . That he should have condescended to record his decision on the merits of certain moves in Chess , is probably a license on the part of the poet , in order to confer the more ...
... observed , was an eminent legis- lator and philosopher . That he should have condescended to record his decision on the merits of certain moves in Chess , is probably a license on the part of the poet , in order to confer the more ...
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... observed among the natives of India , when playing their own game , that , when the weaker party has only one piece left , that piece cannot be taken so long as he acts merely on the defensive , in protecting his own King . It would ...
... observed among the natives of India , when playing their own game , that , when the weaker party has only one piece left , that piece cannot be taken so long as he acts merely on the defensive , in protecting his own King . It would ...
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