 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, with no other conversation...  The Mountaineer - Page 126by Conrad Speece - 1823 - 204 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1799 - 438 pages
...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.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 366 pages
...see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards, with no other conversation but what is made up of a few game phrases, and no other ideas but those of black Or red spots ranged together in different figures. Would not a man laugh to hear... | |
 | 1804 - 676 pages
...sec persons of the best sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards, with no other conversation but what is made up of a few game 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... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - Society of Friends - 1806 - 452 pages
...see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards, with 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 346 pages
...see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards, with no other 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... | |
 | Noah Webster - Readers - 1809 - 202 pages
...persons of the best sense, passing away a dozen hours together, in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards, with no other conversation but what is made up of a few game phrases, and no other ideas but those, of black or red spots, ranged together in different figures. Would not a man laugh to hear... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1810 - 394 pages
...see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards, •with no other conversation but what is made up of a few game phrases, and no other ideas, but those of black and red spots ranged together in different figures. Spcct. No. 93. The necessity... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...persons of the best sense passing away a dozen ! hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards with no other conversation but what is made up of a few game phrases, and no other ideas but those of black or red spots ranged together in different figures. Would not a man laugh to hear... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards, with no other conversation but what is made up of a few game phrases, and no other ideas but those of black or red spot* ranged together in different figures. Would not a man laugh to hear... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 372 pages
...see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards, with no other conversation but what is made up of a few game phrases , and no other ideas but those of black or red spots ranged together in different figures. Would not a man laugh to hear... | |
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