| Paul Leicester Ford - 1899 - 554 Seiten
...acquaintance, who was also learning it, us'd often to tempt me to play chess with him. Finding this took up too much of the time I had to spare for study, I at length refus'd to play anymore, unless on this condition, that the victor in every game should have the right... | |
| Thomas Harrison Montgomery - 1900 - 576 Seiten
...acquaintance, who was also learning it, us'd often to tempt me to play chess with him. Finding this took up too much of the time I had to spare for study, I at length...game should have a right to impose a task, either in parts of the grammar to be got by heart, or in translations, etc, which tasks the vanquish'd was... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1901 - 296 Seiten
...acquaintance who was also learning it used often to tempt me to play chess with him. Finding this took up too much of the time I had to spare for study, I at length...the grammar, to be got by heart, or in translations, which tasks the vanquished was to perform upon honor before our next meeting. As we played pretty equally,... | |
| United States. Bureau of Education - 1903 - 1300 Seiten
...chess, and b • combined his love of language and of chess by fixing a condition of the game ttit " the victor in every game should have a right to impose a task, either in pañí of the grammar, to be got by heart, or in translations, etc., which tasks the Tarnished shall... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 238 Seiten
...acquaintance, who was also learning it, used often to tempt me to play chess with him. Finding thi? took up too much of the time I had to spare for study I at length...game should have a right to impose a task, either in parts of the grammar to be got by heart, or in -translations, etc., which tasks the vanquished was... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 496 Seiten
...chess with him. Finding this took up too much of the time I had to spare for study, I at length refus'd to play any more, unless on this condition, that the...game should have a right to impose a task, either in parts of the grammar to be got by heart, or in translations, etc., which tasks the vanquish'd was... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 354 Seiten
...acquaintance, who was also learning it, us'd often to tempt me to play chess with him. Finding this took up too much of the time I had to spare for study, I at length refus'd to play any more, unless on this condition, that the victor in every game should have a right... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1908 - 430 Seiten
...acquaintance, who was also learning it, used often to tempt me to play chess with him. Finding this took up too much of the time I had to spare for study, I at length...game should have a right to impose a task, either in parts of the grammar to be got by heart, or in translations, etc., which tasks the vanquished was... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 280 Seiten
...acquaintance who was also learning it used often to tempt me to play chess with him. Finding this took up too much of the time I had to spare for study, I at length...the grammar, to be got by heart, or in translations, which tasks the vanquished was to perform upon honor before our next meeting. As we played pretty equally,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 236 Seiten
...acquaintance, who was also learning it, used often to tempt me to play chess with him. Finding this took up too much of the time I had to spare for study, I at length...game should have a right to impose a task, either in parts of the grammar to be got by heart, or in translations, etc., which tasks the vanquished was... | |
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