 | 1849 - 442 pages
...the " Morals of Chess," in which he says, " The game is not merely an idle amusement ; several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions." We are gratified to learn that... | |
 | Chess - 1850 - 554 pages
...in the conree of human > life, are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habite I ready on all occasions : for life is a kind of Chess,...with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events that are, in some degree, the effect of prudence, or of the want of it. By playing at Chess,... | |
 | Mrs. Warren (Eliza) - 1751 - 206 pages
...mysteries. Dr. Franklin observes, " that Chess is not merely an idle amusement," but that ''several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions ; for Life is a kind of Chess... | |
 | Chess - 1852 - 644 pages
...book, to quote a few passages : " The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement ; several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions : for life is a kind of Chess,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 308 pages
...the vanquished as well as the victor. The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course...strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready on all occasicns. For life is a kind of chess, in which we have points to gain, and competitors or adversaries... | |
 | American prose literature - 1855 - 506 pages
...the vanquished as wall as the victor. The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course...occasions. For life is a kind of chess, in which we have points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there wa vast variety... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...the vanquished as well as the victor. The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course...occasions. For life is a kind of chess, in which we have points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 372 pages
...engaging in it ; and thence it is never played for money. Life is a kind of chess, in which we have points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a great variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American prose literature - 1856 - 592 pages
...the vanquished as well as the victor. The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to 1ยป acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind... | |
 | American literature - 1862 - 316 pages
...cannot find one that is more innocent. The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course...occasions. For life is a kind of chess, in which we have points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety... | |
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For life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want of it. 
