(another personal favourite)" A combination composed of a sacrifice has more immediate effect upon the person playing over the game in which it occurs than another combination, because the apparent senselessness of the sacrifice is convincing proof of the design of the player offering it.
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"THE KING The King himself is haughtie care, Which ouerlooketh all his men, And when he seeth how they fare, He steps among them now and then, Whom when his foe presumes to checke, His seruants stand, to giue the necke. THE QUEENE The Queene is queint, and quicke conceit, Which makes her walke which way she list, Ans rootes them up, that lie in wait, To worke hir treason ere she wist: Hir force is such against her foes, That whom she meets, she ouerthrowes... |
Nicholas BRETON (1542-1626), The Chesse Play. |