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The Boy's Handy Book of Sports, Pastimes, Games and Amusements..

Amusements - 1863 - 404 pages
...strictly the laws of the game, such as, if you touch a piece you must move it somewhere ; if you set it down, you must let it stand ; and it is therefore best that these rules be observed, as the game thereby becomes so much the more like human life, and particularly of war,...
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The Autobiography and Essays of Dr. Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 pages
...strictly the laws of the game, such as, 'If you touch a piece, you must move i; somewhere ; if you set it down, you must let it stand •' and it is therefore...that these rules ,should be observed; as the game more becomes the image of human life, and p'*r,icularly of war ; in which if you have incautiously...
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American Literature ; an Historical Sketch, 1620-1880

John Nichol - American literature - 1882 - 496 pages
...strictly the laws of the game, such as, ' If you touch a piece you must move it someichere ; if you set it down you must let it stand;' and it is therefore...bad and dangerous position, you cannot obtain your enemies' leave to withdraw your troops and place them more securely, but you must abide all the consequences...
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American Literature ; an Historical Sketch, 1620-1880

John Nichol - American literature - 1882 - 492 pages
...strictly the laws of the game, such as, ' If you touch a piece you must move it sommhere ; if you set it down you must let it stand;' and it is therefore...bad and dangerous position, you cannot obtain your enemies' leave to withdraw your troops and place them more securely, but you must abide all the consequences...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and ..., Volume 2

Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 626 pages
...strictly the laws of the game ; such as, " If you touch a piece, you must move it somewhere; if you set it down, you must let it stand ; " and it is therefore...life, and particularly of war; in which, if you have mcautiously put yourself into a bad and dangerous position, you cannot obtain your enemy's leave to...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and ..., Volume 2

Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - United States - 1882 - 592 pages
...strictly the laws of the game ; such as, " If you touch a piece, you must move it somewhere; if you set it down, you must let it stand ; " and it is therefore...as the game thereby becomes more the image of human Me, and particularly of war; in which, if you have incautiously put yourself into a bad and dangerous...
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The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, Volume 20

John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - United States - 1888 - 704 pages
...it stand. Therefore, it would be the better way to observe these rules, as the game becomes thereby more the image of human life, and particularly of...into a bad and dangerous position, you cannot obtain leave of your enemies to withdraw your troops, and place them more securely ; but you must abide all...
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The Principles of Chess in Theory & Practice ...

James Mason - Chess - 1894 - 314 pages
...check " should, of course, be abolished. Chess would become thereby, to quote the words of Franklin, " more the image of human life, and particularly of...; in which, if you have incautiously put yourself in a bad and dangerous position, you cannot obtain the enemy's leave to withdraw your troops and place...
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Social chess, a collection of games

James Mason - 1900 - 204 pages
...strictly the laws of the game, such as, 'If you touch a piece, you must move it somewhere ; if you set it down, you must let it stand ; ' and it is therefore...; in which, if you have incautiously put yourself in a bad and dangerous position, you cannot obtain your enemy's leave to withdraw your troops, and...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including the Private as Well as ..., Volume 7

Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1904 - 566 pages
...strictly the laws of the game, such as, "If you touch a piece, you must move it somewhere ; if you set it down, you must let it stand ' ' ; and it is therefore...as the game thereby becomes more the image of human lif e, and particularly of war, in which, if you have incautiously put yourself into a bad and dangerous...
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