... rival camps about which the others revolve as satellites ; each camp jealously watches lest the other move a block on the chess board, to counteract her rival ; thus an equipoise of nullity is created. The present imbroglio clearly exemplifies this point ...

... henceforth our laws shall be of limited application. 4. The best general staff is that which plans secretly, and the winner in chess is he who best knows how to hide his moves. Therefore in dealing with seditious questions, such as democracy, we shall act ...

... delivered kneeling; in Ashantee, sitting on a low stool. The evenings in Abyssinia are beguiled, in the houses of the chiefs, by chess, the songs of the Gallas, and buffoonery. In Ashantee, drafts, the wild melody of the flutes and sankos of his band, the comic ...