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For touching an adversary's man, when it cannot be captured, the offender must move his King.


Howard Staunton


#cannot #captured #his #king #man

Having marshalled the men in battle order, as shown in the first diagram, you will observe that each party has two ranks of men, on the first of which stand the superior Pieces, and on the next the eight Pawns.


Howard Staunton


#diagram #each #eight #first #having

In Castling, the King must be moved first, or before the Rook is quitted. If the Rook be quitted before the King is touched, the opposing player may demand that the move of the Rook shall stand without the Castling being completed.


Howard Staunton


#being #completed #demand #first #king

The Bishop and Knight, in contradistinction to the Queen and Rook, are called Minor Pieces.


Howard Staunton


#called #knight #minor #pieces #queen

It makes me so desperately sad to witness just how unforgivably wretched our world has become.


Ralph Steadman


#desperately #how #just #makes #me

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy.


Richard Steele


#pleasure #praise #praiseworthy #receiving

Look at Judi Dench, who's brilliant in whatever bloody job she does.


Imelda Staunton


#brilliant #dench #does #job #judi

The one good thing is that I get a lot more good scripts coming through my letterbox. 'Vera Drake' raised my profile in one way, and then 'Harry Potter' in another.


Imelda Staunton


#coming #drake #get #good #good scripts

Hunter and I never got proper journalistic accreditation to go anywhere. Nobody was giving us passes to go in here or there. We always had to somehow talk our way in.


Ralph Steadman


#anywhere #giving #go #got #had

I have even written a book about Wine called The Grapes of Ralph.


Ralph Steadman


#book #called #even #grapes #i






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