Days of the Dandies volume 10
Days of the Dandies volume 10
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41. That every person playing at the twenty guinea table do not keep less than twenty guineas before him. " ED.
BEAU NASH 187 market, the Tennis Court, the Cock Pit, or the Billiard Table, he will find numbers who have no other resource but their acquisitions there ; and if such men live like gentlemen, he may readily con- clude it must be on the spoils of his fortune, or the fortunes of ill-judging men like himself. Was he to attend but a moment to their manner of betting at those places, he w...ould readily find the gamester seldom proposing bets but with the advantage in his own favour. A man of honour continues to lay on the side on which he first won ; but game- sters shift, change, lie upon the lurch, and take every advantage, either of our ignorance or neglect. " In short, my lord, if a man designs to lay out his fortune in quest of pleasure, the gaming-table is, of all other places, that where he can have least for his money. The company are superficial, ex- travagant, and unentertaining ; the conversation flat, debauched, and absurd ; the hours unnatural and fatiguing ; the anxiety of losing is greater than the pleasure of winning ; friendship must be ban- ished from that society, the members of which are intent only on ruining each other ; every other improvement, either in knowledge or virtue, can scarce find room in that breast which is possessed by the spirit of play ; the spirits become vapid, the i88 BEAU NASH constitution is enfeebled, the complexion grows pale, till, in the end, the mind, body, friends, for- tune, and even the hopes of futurity sink together !
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
41. That every person playing at the twenty guinea table do not keep less than twenty guineas before him. " ED.
BEAU NASH 187 market, the Tennis Court, the Cock Pit, or the Billiard Table, he will find numbers who have no other resource but their acquisitions there ; and if such men live like gentlemen, he may readily con- clude it must be on the spoils of his fortune, or the fortunes of ill-judging men like himself. Was he to attend but a moment to their manner of betting at those places, he w...ould readily find the gamester seldom proposing bets but with the advantage in his own favour. A man of honour continues to lay on the side on which he first won ; but game- sters shift, change, lie upon the lurch, and take every advantage, either of our ignorance or neglect. " In short, my lord, if a man designs to lay out his fortune in quest of pleasure, the gaming-table is, of all other places, that where he can have least for his money. The company are superficial, ex- travagant, and unentertaining ; the conversation flat, debauched, and absurd ; the hours unnatural and fatiguing ; the anxiety of losing is greater than the pleasure of winning ; friendship must be ban- ished from that society, the members of which are intent only on ruining each other ; every other improvement, either in knowledge or virtue, can scarce find room in that breast which is possessed by the spirit of play ; the spirits become vapid, the i88 BEAU NASH constitution is enfeebled, the complexion grows pale, till, in the end, the mind, body, friends, for- tune, and even the hopes of futurity sink together !
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