CHESS PLATERS' SOLILOQUIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 4 March 1908, Page 67

CHESS PLATERS' SOLILOQUIES.

Being a Compendium of the most original i remarks made by eminent men whilst I playing chess. Compiled, arranged, and contributed by a member of the Otago Chess Chib. [All Rights Reserved."] " And the evening and the morning were the first day." " March on, Macduff!" "Off with his nose!" " Just to show that there is no animosity " "He takes him off without the slightest compunction." "Poor, miserable sinner that I am!" " We have done those things we ought not to have done." "He cometh again like a thief in the night." "What is he after?— that is the next thing on the programme." " I don't like it." "He plays a mean game." " Mean, inconsiderate man that he is." " Be not afraid!" " Make yourself safe." ~~ " There is a tide in the affairs of men." " On to queen!" " Such is the nature of our discontent." " And now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer." "We go on to glory!" " Vain pomp and vanity of this world, I hate thee!" " Nothing now remains." " It is an awful thing to be afflicted." " The troubles that afflict the just in number many be." "What shall we do to be s(h)aved?" "Oh, dear me! why was I born?" " Where the weary are at rest." " There is more in this than meets the eye." " ' Let me see,' as the blind man said." " A pawn's a pawn for a' that." " As a man soweth, so shall he also reap." " Once more unto the breach, dear friends." " Some food for reflection." " I am at C." "He is a terrible man! This is awful!" " Oh, dear, dear ! I think I'll die now." " This is where the trouble begins." " I'm getting badly mixed up." " Tell me not in mournful numbers." " What do you think of that, my Chii9tian friend?" " Look at that and weep." " This requires a little attention." ■-" It has its points — good, bad, and indifferent." ■' My excellent friend." " I feel the loss of my pieces." " Proceeding steadily onwards." "Bold, bad man!" "He riseth again like a lark and is cut down." "What meaneth he by these presents?" 1 " I ha'e ma doots." Dunedin, N.Z., 1908.