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" Whether any kind of gaming has even thus much to say for itself, I shall not determine ; but I think it is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards... "
The Pocket Lacon: Comprising Nearly One Thousand Extracts from the Best Authors - Page 204
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Elements of Elocution: In which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are ...

John Walker - 1799 - 438 pages
...is very wonderful to fee perfons of the beft senfe pairing away a dozen hours together in muffling and dividing a pack of cards, with no other conversation but what is made up of a few game phrafes, and no other ideas, but thofe of black and red fpots ranged together in different figures....
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 7

British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...Whether any kind of gaming has even thus much to say for itself, I shall not determine ; but I think it is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense...in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards, with no ether conversation but what is made up of a few f No 93. SPECTATOR. 157 game phrases, and no other...
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1804 - 676 pages
...has even thus much to fay for itself, I shall not determine; but I think it is Ten' wonderful to sec persons of the best sense passing away a dozen hours...phrases, and no other ideas - but those of black or red s|xits ranged together in different figures. Would not a man laugh to hear any one of this species...
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A Portraiture of Quakerism: As Taken from a View of the Moral ..., Volume 1

Thomas Clarkson - 1806 - 452 pages
...Whether any kind of gaming has even thus much to say for itself, I shall not determine ; but I think it is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense...no other conversation but what is made up of a few game-phrases, and no other other ideas but those of red or black spots ranged together in different...
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A Portraiture of Quakerism: Taken from a View of the Education and ..., Volume 1

Thomas Clarkson - 1806 - 390 pages
...itself I shall not determine : but I think it is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a...no other conversation, but what is made up of a few game-phrases, and no other ideas, but those of red or black spots ranged together in different figures....
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A Portraiture of Quakerism: Taken from a View of the Education and ..., Volume 1

Thomas Clarkson - 1806 - 388 pages
...Whether any kind of gaming has even thus much to say for itself I shall not determine : but I think it is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards, with no other conversation, but what...
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The British Essayists, Volume 7

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 366 pages
...Whether any kind of gaming has even thus much to say for itself, I shall not determine ; but I think it is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense...of black or red spots ranged together in different fi.ures. Would not a man laugh to hear any one of this species complaining that life is short ? ,,....
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The British Essayists;: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 346 pages
...Whether any kind of gaming has even thus much to say for itself, I shall not determine ; but 1 think it is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense...conversation but what is made up of a few game phrases. and BO other ideas but those of black or red spots ranged together in different figures. Would not a man...
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A Portraiture of Quakerism: Taken from a View of the Moral ..., Volume 1

Thomas Clarkson - 1808 - 340 pages
...thus much. to say for itself, I shall not determine ; but I think it is very wonderful to see per sons of the best sense passing away a dozen hours together...no other conversation but what is made up of a few game-phrases, and no other ideas but those of red or black spots ranged together in different figures....
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Elements of Elocution: In which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are ...

John Walker - 1810 - 394 pages
...Whether any kind of gaming has even this much to say for itself, I shall not determine ; but I think it very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing...game phrases, and no other ideas, but those of black and red spots ranged together in different figures. Spcct. No. 93. The necessity of introducing the...
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