...Italian. An 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...

...Italian. An 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...translations, which tasks the vanquished was to perform upon honor before our next meeting. As we played pretty equally, we thus beat one another into that language....

...An acquaintance, who was also learning it, used often to tempt roe to play chess with him. Finding this took up too much of the time I had to spare for...should have a right to impose a task, either of parts ot the grammar to be got by heart, or in translations, &c. which tasks the vanquished was to perform...

...Italian. An 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...game should have a right to impose a task, either in parts of the grammar to be got by heart or in translations, which tasks the vanquished was to perform...

...learning it, used often to tempt me to play chess with him. Finding this took up too much of the time Г had to spare for study, I at length refused to play...to impose a task, either of parts of the grammar to he got by heart, or in translations, &c. which tasks the vanquished was to perform upon honour before...

...fond of chess, and he combined his love of language and of chess by fixing a condition of the game that " the victor in every 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 shall...