Games of skill, and conjuring: including draughts, dominoes, chess, morrice (1865)
London, New York, G. Routledge and sons · leaf 61
63 … This truly English amusement cannot be too highly extolled, as itis calculated to incite boys to emulate each other in acquiring pro-ficiency in an art which exercises their ingenuity and taste, while itinculcates habits of patient industry. A good sailing ship is rather atroublesome thing to…
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