 Suppose it were perfectly certain that the life and fortune of every one of us would, one day or other, depend upon his winning or losing a game of chess.  Autobiography and Essays - Page 186by Thomas Henry Huxley - 1919 - 276 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Alfred Elwes - 1872 - 306 lehte
...think we should all consider it to be a primary duty to learn at least the names and the moves of tho pieces ? to have a notion of a gambit, and a keen...check ? Do you not think that we should look with disapprobation amounting to scorn upon the father who allowed his son, or the State which allowed its... | |
 | 1886 - 924 lehte
...should all consider it to be a primary duty to learn at least the names and the moves of the pieces ? Do you not think that we should look with a disapprobation...or the State which allowed its members to grow up without knowing a pawn from a knight ? Yet it is a very plain and elementary truth that the life, the... | |
 | 1868 - 556 lehte
...that we should all consider it to be a primary duty to learn at least the names and the moves of the pieces ; to have a notion of a gambit, and a keen...or the state which allowed its members, to grow up without knowing a pawn from a knight ? Yet, it is a very plain and elementary truth that the life,... | |
 | Carl Adolf Buchheim - 1868 - 296 lehte
...learn at least the names and the moves of the pieces ? to have a notion of a gambit, and a keen eyo for all the means of giving and getting out of check ? Do you not think that we should look with disapprobation amounting to scorn upon the father who allowed his son, or the State which allowed its... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1870 - 400 lehte
...that we should all consider it to be a primary duty to learn at least the names and the moves of the pieces ; to have a notion of a gambit, and a keen...or the state which allowed its members, to grow up without knowing a pawn from a knight ? Yet it is a very plain and elementary truth, that the life,... | |
 | John Campbell Shairp - 1870 - 174 lehte
...think that we should all consider it to be a primary duty to learn at least the names and moves of the pieces ; to have a notion of a gambit, and a keen eye for all the means of giving and getting out of a check ? Do you not think we should look with a disapprobation amounting to scorn upon the father... | |
 | John Campbell Shairp - 1871 - 210 lehte
...think that we should all consider it to be a primary duty to learn at least the name and moves of the pieces ; to have a notion of a gambit, and a keen eye for all the means of giving and getting out of a check ? Do you not think we should look with a disapprobation amounting to scorn upon the father... | |
 | Luther Tracy Townsend - 1871 - 254 lehte
...think that we should all consider it to be a primary duty to learn at least the name and moves of the pieces; to have a notion of a gambit, and a keen eye for all the means of giving and getting out of a check? Do you not think we should look with disapprobation amounting to scorn upon the father who... | |
 | William Woods Smyth - 1873 - 412 lehte
...consider it a primary duty to learn at least the names and moves of the pieces, to have a notion of gambit, and a keen eye for all the means of giving, and getting out of, check ? Do you not think we should * From Culture and Religion, by Principal Shakp. look with disapprobation, amounting to scorn,... | |
 | Carl Adolf Buchheim - 1874 - 320 lehte
...think we should all consider it to be a primary duty to learn at least the names and the moves of the pieces ? to have a notion of a gambit, and a keen...for all the means of giving and getting out of check 1 Do you not think that we should look with disapprobation amounting to scorn upon the father who allowed... | |
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