... their deftness in facsimile, our Dalziels and Thomases cannot equal. The traveller Taverxiek saw in the treasury of the Persian Shah a seal made from a diamond, on which were engraved the Royal arms of Kngland. This seal once belonged to Cuables I.; but ...

... thewiaon infirmary, suffering from nervous deWUty. A verdict was returned the effect that death was due to test cause. The Persian Shah has blotted oot All his realms about. »aw> w. wboss mlseloß Tls bj«a which IwcS •tannic ctcta body bw and to now fc-cttlnf ...

... I Court assembled to try them. Th.- sequently discharged, with injur for his Majesty. A St. Petersburg newspa; r. ref. Persian Shah’s proposed journ.y declares it has good authority f> Majesty ill proceed dir main object in undertaking t greet the Czar ...

... “chose” is derived, boro reference to the king or chief piece, whose “clieckmate” is merely an Knglish version of the Persian “ shah-mat’’—that is, the king is dead. Chess and cards alike come to the West from the East; for centuries tho Italians spoke ...