MYRA'S JOURNAL

... the Player is to roll the black, white and red balls into special holes, to secure the highest possible score. In the Persian Shah two black balls have to be fitted into the eye sockets of a cat's head engraved on the bottom of the box. The i dotting ...

008.i1r AND GRU1461,1i3

... character, bet ttilfereittly .• Perusal itoproasions. too, it •rd tir.ug put 041 paper by the eu-tfn' sat Senie. !sod Persian Shah. King Milan proW ably means ; bus Suah's twit. , is Wale likely to Miura wousenient lieu do any Lent.. awl his Majesty ...

Published: Saturday 25 January 1890
Newspaper: Glasgow Weekly Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1056 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Thb Metropolitan Fire BtucApr.— W:t_o the last few weeks some very important alteration ' v * been in progress in

... Inspector and the District Inspec'orsot I. .:• ?? their recent vista to lifeboat stations, tiie prow-di-a* initiated. The Persian Shah bas blotted ont Al! staring ?? realms about, Save one, whose mission 'tis to bless tt ' » „; r;.* health, and happiness ...

Published: Friday 04 April 1890
Newspaper: Morning Post
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 699 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

EAST AFRICA

... which includes Madanbs Judic, sailed oa tel Saturday night from Pauillac (Etirdeaux) for South tive America. the On- The Persian Shah has blotted out . All stasring signs his realms about, ,ssve one, whose moission *tis to b'ess$ the With beauty, health ...

Published: Tuesday 08 April 1890
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 560 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

GAIETY THEATRE

... best that he could for the country, and, if let alone, he would bring about suc- cessful results. S .ARiNe. Signs.— The Persian Shah has blotted out All staring si^ns his realms at>out, .Save one, whose mission ?? to bie__ With beauty, health, and happiness ...

Published: Friday 11 April 1890
Newspaper: London Evening Standard
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 588 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

... 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 ...

LETTERS TO EDITOR

... absoulutely devoid of any- thing approaching enthusiasm. They went for the same reason that they would have gone to see a Persian Shah, au Indian Nabob, or a King Ceca- wayo; and, looking upon the spectacle, I was forcibly reminded of the truth of Thomas ...

Published: Monday 22 June 1891
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 5317 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

LETTERS TO EDITOR. DUNDEE MAGISTRATES AND ROYALTY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUNDEE COURIER. Sir,—l thipk that you ..

... were ahsoulutelv devoid of anything approaching enthusiasm. They went for the same reason that they would have gone to see Persian Shah, an Indian Nabob, or a King Cetawayo; and, looking upon the spectacle, I was forcibly reminded of the truth of Thomas Carlyle's ...

Published: Monday 22 June 1891
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 264 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

PIPER PAN

... accommodate a fourth of their number. Miss Nikita is said to be engaged to marry Mirza Riza Khan, an aide-de-camp of the Persian Shah, and has made it one of the conditions of her espousal of him that she shall be free to follow her profession during ire ...

Published: Sunday 12 July 1891
Newspaper: The People
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1357 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ported many Oriental fashions and diver**-, chess among the number—into their respective countries. About that ..

... “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 ...

THE SHAH AND HIS PEOPLE

... informed with ri regard at any rate to the views and statements of t. the opposition, if such a term. can be used of I ,, Persian ?? Shah of Persia is nearly I is, played out. He drinks a bottle of brandy a day. H 1e : c eonsumes hashish and oplum freely. ...

Published: Wednesday 18 November 1891
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1341 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

South Bucks Herald,

... derived from Shah, and bore reference to the king or chief piece, whose checkmate is merely an English version of tbe Persian Shah-mat that is, the king is dead. This etymology shows that the game is, like the name, of Eastern origin. But no more ...

Published: Saturday 02 April 1892
Newspaper: Bucks Herald
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2086 | Page: 7 | Tags: none