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 56
... passage in all of them to any gentleman and scholar who may have the least doubt on the matter . 58 , Burton - crescent , 19th Nov. , 1855 . DUNCAN FORBES . the three . The War Horse could spring three squares 56 HISTORY OF CHESS .
... passage in all of them to any gentleman and scholar who may have the least doubt on the matter . 58 , Burton - crescent , 19th Nov. , 1855 . DUNCAN FORBES . the three . The War Horse could spring three squares 56 HISTORY OF CHESS .
Page 110
... passages which they have adduced in proof of their assertions , passages which , in every instance , tell strongly against them . Let us examine a little more in detail , what they have brought forward on these points . In The first ...
... passages which they have adduced in proof of their assertions , passages which , in every instance , tell strongly against them . Let us examine a little more in detail , what they have brought forward on these points . In The first ...
Page 157
... passage which I have here given is , in Manger's translation , utterly absurd . The original expression is , " He gave him the horse , and outstripped him in the race . " " 3 of this Treatise I never heard except in this single passage ...
... passage which I have here given is , in Manger's translation , utterly absurd . The original expression is , " He gave him the horse , and outstripped him in the race . " " 3 of this Treatise I never heard except in this single passage ...
Page 158
... passages which are altogether unwarrantable . In the first place he mis- applies the possessive pronoun " his " referring the same to Timur , not to ' Alī as the author clearly does . In the second place , Hyde , having made up his mind ...
... passages which are altogether unwarrantable . In the first place he mis- applies the possessive pronoun " his " referring the same to Timur , not to ' Alī as the author clearly does . In the second place , Hyde , having made up his mind ...
Page 165
... passage say , that by " wine and lots " are meant “ all intoxicating drinks , and all games of chance . By the term images they say that the Prophet alluded to " the game of Chess , " and that the interdict applied not to the game ...
... passage say , that by " wine and lots " are meant “ all intoxicating drinks , and all games of chance . By the term images they say that the Prophet alluded to " the game of Chess , " and that the interdict applied not to the game ...
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