| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1837 - 632 pages
...the laws of the game, such as, ' If you touch a piece you must move it somewhere ; if you set it duwn you must let it stand,' and it is therefore best that...more the image of human life, and particularly of war ; and which, if you have incautiously put yourself into a bad and dangerous position, you cannot obtain... | |
| 1793 - 648 pages
...it ftand. Therefore, it would be the better way to obferve thefe rules, as the game becomes thereby more the image of human life, and particularly of war ; in which, if you have incautioufly put yourfelf into a bad and dangerous pofition, you cannot obtain your enemies leave to... | |
| Chess - 1820 - 90 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 rulesshould be observed, as the game thereby becomes more the image of human life, and particularly... | |
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