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 40
... half the power he possessed when free and independent . Thus , by a very slight alteration in form , but none whatever in principle , we have the men drawn up on the side of the board next to us , the same as we at this day arrange our ...
... half the power he possessed when free and independent . Thus , by a very slight alteration in form , but none whatever in principle , we have the men drawn up on the side of the board next to us , the same as we at this day arrange our ...
Page 46
... half of the tenth century . We know , however , that during the eighth and ninth centuries of the Christian era , the acute Arabs , under the munificent patronage of the Caliphs of Bagdad , had made rapid and distinguished progress in ...
... half of the tenth century . We know , however , that during the eighth and ninth centuries of the Christian era , the acute Arabs , under the munificent patronage of the Caliphs of Bagdad , had made rapid and distinguished progress in ...
Page 49
... half a dozen MSS . in the British Museum , 1 and I think I have succeeded in giving some- thing resembling what the author would have said were he writing in plain English . TRANSLATION . " Once upon a time the victorious Kisrā ...
... half a dozen MSS . in the British Museum , 1 and I think I have succeeded in giving some- thing resembling what the author would have said were he writing in plain English . TRANSLATION . " Once upon a time the victorious Kisrā ...
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... 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 Greeks ...
... 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 Greeks ...
Page 69
... half which may best please you . ' To this fair and generous proposal the younger brother would by no means listen ; for he attributed the elder's forbearance and moderation solely to his timidity and cowardice . In short , Talkhand ...
... half which may best please you . ' To this fair and generous proposal the younger brother would by no means listen ; for he attributed the elder's forbearance and moderation solely to his timidity and cowardice . In short , Talkhand ...
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