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 77
... remarks respecting the morals and social observances or amenities of the " " " Royal game . " The following is especially worthy of remark- " In India they test a person's fitness for the duties of Wazir or Minister by making two people ...
... remarks respecting the morals and social observances or amenities of the " " " Royal game . " The following is especially worthy of remark- " In India they test a person's fitness for the duties of Wazir or Minister by making two people ...
Page 78
... remarks on the moves , and gives advice to the players , he is considered to be deficient in discretion , and unfit for the office . " 1 My fourth authority is a Persian manuscript ( No. 260 , ) belonging to the library of the Royal ...
... remarks on the moves , and gives advice to the players , he is considered to be deficient in discretion , and unfit for the office . " 1 My fourth authority is a Persian manuscript ( No. 260 , ) belonging to the library of the Royal ...
Page 90
... remarks apply to the medieval game even more than to that of the present day . In Timur's " Great Chess as we shall see in our eleventh chap- ter , one would suppose that a chequered board would be an absolute necessity . posed to be of ...
... remarks apply to the medieval game even more than to that of the present day . In Timur's " Great Chess as we shall see in our eleventh chap- ter , one would suppose that a chequered board would be an absolute necessity . posed to be of ...
Page 147
... remark to that gentleman , should these effusions of mine ever meet his eye , that the Orientals had anticipated him by some thousand years . I have no doubt however , that Mr. Ciccolini's theory is original on his part , though not the ...
... remark to that gentleman , should these effusions of mine ever meet his eye , that the Orientals had anticipated him by some thousand years . I have no doubt however , that Mr. Ciccolini's theory is original on his part , though not the ...
Page 166
... remark , was a most sound and accurate oriental scholar , and everything he wrote was founded on first - rate authorities . The edition of his Translation , which I here use , is that of Tegg , 2 vols . 8vo . , 1825 ; a very beautiful ...
... remark , was a most sound and accurate oriental scholar , and everything he wrote was founded on first - rate authorities . The edition of his Translation , which I here use , is that of Tegg , 2 vols . 8vo . , 1825 ; a very beautiful ...
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