 | United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...the vanquished as well as the victor. The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course...habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of chesa, in which we have points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which... | |
 | Boston (Mass.) - 1826 - 426 pages
...our citizens, to make the disclosure. The game itself is an interesting one; for 'Life itself is but a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to...with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence, or the want of it.' Playing at Cheas,... | |
 | J. H. Sarratt - Chess - 1828 - 260 pages
...by Dr. Franklin, that " Life is a kind of Chess, in "which we have points to gain, and competi" tors or adversaries to contend with; and in " which there is a vast variety of good and ill e" vents, that are, in some degree, the effect of " prudence, or the want of it." Conscious of... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...engaging in it; and thence it is never played for money. Life is a kind of chess, in which we have points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a great variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...engaging in it; and thence it is never played for money. Life is a kind of chess, in which we have points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a great variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1831 - 310 pages
...vanquished as well as the Tic tor. The game of chess is not merely an idle amuse* mem Several very valuable qualities of the mind useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or Hrengthened by it, so as In become habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of chess, in... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1831 - 314 pages
...'as the victor. The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valurhle quatities of 'the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to he acquired or strengthened hy it. so as to hecome hahits, readj im all occasions. For life is a kind... | |
 | American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...advantageous, to the vanquished as well as the The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course...so as to become habits, ready on all occasions. For lite is a kind of chess, in which we have points to gain and competitors or adversaries to contend... | |
 | 1832 - 496 pages
...the vanquished as well as the victor. The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, so as to become habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of chess, in which we have often... | |
 | Anthologies - 1834 - 506 pages
...vanquished as well as to the victor. The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course...with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want of it. By playing at chess,... | |
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For life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want of it. 
