Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 266A. Dodd and A. Smith, 1967 The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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Page 343
... whist , but I want to show that chess affords pleasures which are higher , deeper , more enduring . The most obvious difference between the two games is that chess does not in any way depend on chance . Almost alone of games chess ...
... whist , but I want to show that chess affords pleasures which are higher , deeper , more enduring . The most obvious difference between the two games is that chess does not in any way depend on chance . Almost alone of games chess ...
Page 344
... whist as being more universal and cosmopolitan . Chess is Catholic . There are sects and parties in whist . Let a good English and a good German player be partners , and they will mutually exasperate each other . The German leads . from ...
... whist as being more universal and cosmopolitan . Chess is Catholic . There are sects and parties in whist . Let a good English and a good German player be partners , and they will mutually exasperate each other . The German leads . from ...
Page 346
... whist , but who take a hand now and then to make up a rubber , " who , after five minutes ' reflection , invariably play the wrong card . Non ragionam di lor ; let us come back to real players and real play . Then I assert chess is the ...
... whist , but who take a hand now and then to make up a rubber , " who , after five minutes ' reflection , invariably play the wrong card . Non ragionam di lor ; let us come back to real players and real play . Then I assert chess is the ...
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