Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 1015
e is gone, do not unnecessarily prolong it, but giveup gracefully and at once. Lastly and most important of all—dont dispute about trifles ; and— KEEP YOUR TEMPER. Draughts. 1801. draughts, though strictly a scientific game,is inferior to chess in variety and interest. If antiquity give it anyclaim… … THE DRAUGHT-BOARD AND MEN. and when well played is a fine exercise for the mind. Of course allour readers know that draughts is played on a board similar to chess ; Our Leisure Hours. 961 that each player has twelve men, which move and take diagonally bypassing over the opponent into an empty…
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