... appropriate feature of the ceremonial season. Nor must we forget the Shah of Persia. I remember well the visit of another Persian Shah in 1873, but at that time the distinguished visitor may be said to have had the field all to himself in London, and was ...

... PAGES IN WAITING. It must have heen a troubled bosom on which all those strings of precious stones hung when the Persian Shah so recently ‘dazzled the eyes of London. For, according to Mr. Donald Stuart, the author of * The Struggle for Persia ’ (London: ...

... described the mountain as one of the most dismal and disagreeable sights on the face of the earth. A little later a Persian Shah offered a large reward to anyone who should get up, but no one claimed it. Ultimately the first ascent was accomplished ...

... and described the mountain [‘out* of the most dismal and disagreeable eights ou tho face of the earth.” A little later a Persian Shah offered large reward anyone who should get up, hut no one claimed it. Ultimately the first ascent was accomplished in 18211 ...

... failed, and described the mountain as 44 one the most dismal and disagreeable sights the face the earth. A little later a Persian Shah offered » large reward to anyone who should get up, but no one claimed it. Ultimately the first ascent was accomplished ...

... few miles off. But usfortanatefrlar bad a wife, and so the episode fat and stale. %netsuke be was goiliAh lord and not a Persian Shah or an Indian Nabob. ...

... grven by some authorities to Palamedes Grecian hero of the Trojan war, about 1080 B.C. The word obess is derived from the Persian shah, king’: nnd checkmate, or shahmat, means “Jang confonnded or But not but in Banscnt and other ouly in Persian Amatio languages ...

... invention being given some authorities Pa-lamedes, Grecian hero of the Trojan war, about D b.C- The word is derived from the Persian Shah, King Checkmate, or Shahmat, meaning King Confounded o-r overcome. England the game was played before the Norman Conquest ...

... instinct THE LIFE OF TEE WOMENFOLK IN GEORGIA.-IL BY JAMES BAKES. An 'tor of Johu Westscott, Page, By the Western &c. HE PERSIAN SHAH was b es i eg i ng Tiflis, and the husband of the Princess Salome had been slain in the siege. When the Persians entered ...

... seethed safely m port, and the merchant pad era to the boy all dr wealth obtained by ale the ed. This is the amount d doe Persian Shah—l Amt. the Perim venom, IM other the eat is owned by • poor widow. by sem. mid N on.. wide only • not. The at t o ze ...

... played by the Hindoos 5,( AS ago, and introduced into Euro) as eve pointed, from Persia, the word c he ess being from the Persian Shah. In respect to the now played, be said that a man was represe siding having, Faust-like, sold his soul to Satan, whe b ...

... that it the only game sanctioned by priesthoods all beliefs. The principal piece in game derives its name, King, from the Persian Shah, or ruler. Many men whose names have gone down posterity, such Charlemagne. Tamerlane, Frederick the Great. Charles XU ...