Word: die
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Bidding me taste and die...
...square at a time. The ships could only command the third square from them in their diagonals, and, although they had the power of jumping intervening pieces, were of little value. It may be easily seen that there were only eight squares which they could hold. A four-sided die, marked from two to five, was used in playing, and was thrown before each move. If five turned, the king or pawn was played; if four, the elephant; if three, the knight; if two, the ship, or Rukh...
...transition from the first period to the second is very natural and simple. The number of players during this period is two, and the die is discarded. The men are joined into two opposing forces, and two of the kings are reduced to the rank of viziers. The ships and elephants change places, and, what is most strange, they also interchange their names. The new-made viziers have but half the power of their kings, and move diagonally, but only one square...
...memory to dust, are fine examples of his wildly poetical temperament. But we must not forget his celebrated figure which made such an impression on us that we remember it in full, and will quote: "The ideas of our youth, like the good children in Sunday-School books, die young, and though cremation be preferred to the vain show of tombs and monuments, and the brass and marble fade away, the location of the spot is plainly indicated by a sprig of forget...
Each man would rather die than yield...