 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 Seiten
...mind, useful in the course of human life, .are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to bej come habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind...in which we have points to gain, and competitors or adi versaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast varietl of good and ill events, that are,... | |
 | 1842 - 194 Seiten
...following piece, written with a view to correct (among a few young friends) some little improprip ties in the practice of it, shows, at the same time, that...chess, in which we have points to gain, and competitors 01 adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1844 - 600 Seiten
...habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of chess, in which we have often points to gam, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and evil events, that are in some degree the effects of prudence or the want of it. By playing at chess,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1848 - 312 Seiten
...strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of chess, m which we have points to gain, and competitors or adversaries...and in w'hich there is a vast variety of good and Ul events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want of itBy playing at chess then,... | |
 | Mrs. Warren (Eliza) - 1751 - 206 Seiten
...so as to become habits ready on all occasions ; 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 PROBLEM I. — White to give Cheek-mate in two moves. SOLUTION IN NEXT NUMBER. variety of good and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 308 Seiten
...human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready on all occasicns. For life is a kind of chess, in which we have points...and in w'hich there is a vast variety of good and i-11 events, that are, in some degree, (he effects of prudence or the want of itBy playing at chess... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 Seiten
...so as to become habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to...with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and evil events, that are in some degree the effects of prudence or the want of it. By playing at chess,... | |
 | 1855 - 506 Seiten
...may, in its effects on the mind, be not merely innocent, bat advantageous, to the vanquished as wall as the victor. The game of chess is not merely an...or adversaries to contend with, and in which there wa vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want... | |
 | 1856 - 372 Seiten
...as not to need the view of gain to induce engaging in it ; and thence it is never played for money. Life is a kind of chess, in which we have points to...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 - 1856 - 592 Seiten
...so as to become habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to...with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and evil events, that are in some degree the effects of prudence or the want of it. By playing at chess,... | |
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Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of chess, in which we have... 
