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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Page 49
... believe . With regard to the translation , I have merely to say that my main object has been to give the author's meaning , without servilely following his exact words and endless repetitions . I may also mention that no two MSS . of ...
... believe . With regard to the translation , I have merely to say that my main object has been to give the author's meaning , without servilely following his exact words and endless repetitions . I may also mention that no two MSS . of ...
Page 56
... believe only one exception , the account of the moves does occur exactly as I have given them ; always excepting , or rather excluding , a couplet about the two camels - which I agree with ' Alpha ' in viewing it as an interpolation ...
... believe only one exception , the account of the moves does occur exactly as I have given them ; always excepting , or rather excluding , a couplet about the two camels - which I agree with ' Alpha ' in viewing it as an interpolation ...
Page 60
... believe , half - a - dozen places , without the least variation . He , for some reason or other , like Mill the historian of India , entertained a morbid antipathy towards the Hindūs , and conferred the honour of the invention on the ...
... believe , half - a - dozen places , without the least variation . He , for some reason or other , like Mill the historian of India , entertained a morbid antipathy towards the Hindūs , and conferred the honour of the invention on the ...
Page 62
... believe I shall be able to accomplish something in your behalf , so that you may still enjoy all the excitements of war , and the delights of victory , while at the same time your servants and subjects may live safe and secure in the ...
... believe I shall be able to accomplish something in your behalf , so that you may still enjoy all the excitements of war , and the delights of victory , while at the same time your servants and subjects may live safe and secure in the ...
Page 72
... believe , however , with the anonymous author , that what the writers of Western Asia considered as the original invention of Chess , really meant the change of the Chaturanga into the Shatranj . The existence of the game of Hermes ...
... believe , however , with the anonymous author , that what the writers of Western Asia considered as the original invention of Chess , really meant the change of the Chaturanga into the Shatranj . The existence of the game of Hermes ...
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