The boy's own book; a complete encylopedia of all the diversion, athletic, scientific and recreative, of boyhood and youth. (1834)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838, McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) · Boston, Munroe and Francis; New York, C. S. Francis, 1834. · leaf 145
that on 24, to 19 or 20. From 22to 18 is supposed to be the best first move ; we will, therefore 5 imagine that white makes it. It is black’s turn to move a piece ; he, like m his adversary, can only advance one of his front rank men; he may move ~ the man on 9, to 18 or 14; that on 10, to 14 or… … _ had moved from 11 to 15, white had omitted to take him, in the manner we have just explained, and made some other move, white, in this case, would have “ stood the huff :” that i is, black might have taken away the white man that stood on 18, or compelled white to have taken him, which he…
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