The Theory of the Modern Scientific Game of WhistLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 93 páginas |
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... high . Consider its immense variety . A hand will last only a few minutes ; we may have a hundred of them in an ... cards , sometimes in your partner's , sometimes in those of your adversaries . Sometimes you have almost nothing to do ...
... high . Consider its immense variety . A hand will last only a few minutes ; we may have a hundred of them in an ... cards , sometimes in your partner's , sometimes in those of your adversaries . Sometimes you have almost nothing to do ...
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... high enough to define well the interest taken in the game ; but the idea of gain , which is the essential feature of ... cards well ? ' Considering the great popularity of Whist in this country , and the extent to which it is played in ...
... high enough to define well the interest taken in the game ; but the idea of gain , which is the essential feature of ... cards well ? ' Considering the great popularity of Whist in this country , and the extent to which it is played in ...
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William Pole. cards run , ' as if the whole were entirely due to accident ! The fact is , that , like almost ... high intellectual merit ; and although his descriptions are somewhat obscure ( as might naturally be expected in the ...
William Pole. cards run , ' as if the whole were entirely due to accident ! The fact is , that , like almost ... high intellectual merit ; and although his descriptions are somewhat obscure ( as might naturally be expected in the ...
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... cards are the cards which give you the command . Conventional signals are certain modes of play designed purposely ... highest from a short suit ; playing the lowest of a sequence ; discarding the highest of a suit of which you have full ...
... cards are the cards which give you the command . Conventional signals are certain modes of play designed purposely ... highest from a short suit ; playing the lowest of a sequence ; discarding the highest of a suit of which you have full ...
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William Pole. the highest of a suit of which you have full command , and so ... cards that obstructed you , so as to remain with the best in your hand . It ... cards . When your suit is once established , if the adver- saries ' trumps are ...
William Pole. the highest of a suit of which you have full command , and so ... cards that obstructed you , so as to remain with the best in your hand . It ... cards . When your suit is once established , if the adver- saries ' trumps are ...
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A. K. H. B. Crown 8vo ace and king advantage adversaries ALEXANDER BAIN Amy Herbert ANDREW FINDLATER Aniline asking for trumps Author of Amy best card Cabinet Edition Chemistry Clubs command Crown 8vo D.D. Lord Bishop DAVID HUME Diamonds DICTIONARY discard English Essays example finesse force four Fourth Edition high cards honour inferences inform your partner JEAN INGELOW JOHN STUART MILL JOHN TYNDALL knave leading trumps LECTURES LIBRARY EDITION long cards lowest M.A. Second Edition MANUAL Maps master cards mode of play modern game modern scientific game Philosophy Philosophy of Perception plain suits Plates Portrait Post 8vo practice price 16s Revised Edition rule Science SECRET of HEGEL sequence short suit signal for trumps Sixth Edition Spades Square crown 8vo strong in trumps system of play T. W. WEBB tenace Third Edition three cards Translated TREATISE vols weak suit Whist WILLIAM WILLIAM ODLING Wood Woodcuts
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