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Excerpt from Life of Philidor, Musician and Chess-Player
Mujigae, 4 vols. 4to. Paris This no tice was bafed on memoranda furniihed by Philiddr him felf, rather over fifteen years before his death; but it brings his perform! Hifiory down no lower than 17 54, the date of his return from England. - II. The Amrdote: of Mr. S''lz''dor, communicated by [jim/271 in [by Richard Twifs, vol. I. 1787, pp. 149 - 71, with the additional anecdotes in Cbefi, vol. Ii. 1789, pp. 215 - 18, and the Clo/are of tbe account qf Mr. Pbilzl Jar, in Twifs''s Myra/1471121, 1805, vol. Ii. Pp. 105 - 14. Thefe anecdotes, while they confirm the notice of La Borde, are far more copious, and confiitute the chief reliance of the biographer. - III. The article paint par lid-mime, in the feventh volume of Saint Amant''s Palaméde, (pp. 2 compofed by J. Lardin from matter prepared by Philidor''s elde?: (on, André, who furvived until It embraces a biographical notice, which the (on had completed, and a number of random anecdotes. The notice contains little beyond what appears to have been derived from Twifs''s q/i;but the anecdotes, worthlefs as a portion of them may be, are of. Peculiar interefi and value, for the light which they throw upon Philidor''s perfonal character and habits. - IV. Aofpecimen of the letters which Phl lidor was in the habit of writing home, during his annual vifits to London. T hefe important documents are found in the Palaméde for 1847, pp. 172 - 8.
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Mujigae, 4 vols. 4to. Paris This no tice was bafed on memoranda furniihed by Philiddr him felf, rather over fifteen years before his death; but it brings his perform! Hifiory down no lower than 17 54, the date of his return from England. - II. The Amrdote: of Mr. S''lz''dor, communicated by [jim/271 in [by Richard Twifs, vol. I. 1787, pp. 149 - 71, with the additional anecdotes in Cbefi, vol. Ii. 1789, pp. 215 - 18, and the Clo/are of tbe account qf Mr. Pbilzl Jar, in Twifs''s Myra/1471121, 1805, vol. Ii. Pp. 105 - 14. Thefe anecdotes, while they confirm the notice of La Borde, are far more copious, and confiitute the chief reliance of the biographer. - III. The article paint par lid-mime, in the feventh volume of Saint Amant''s Palaméde, (pp. 2 compofed by J. Lardin from matter prepared by Philidor''s elde?: (on, André, who furvived until It embraces a biographical notice, which the (on had completed, and a number of random anecdotes. The notice contains little beyond what appears to have been derived from Twifs''s q/i;but the anecdotes, worthlefs as a portion of them may be, are of. Peculiar interefi and value, for the light which they throw upon Philidor''s perfonal character and habits. - IV. Aofpecimen of the letters which Phl lidor was in the habit of writing home, during his annual vifits to London. T hefe important documents are found in the Palaméde for 1847, pp. 172 - 8.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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