Great Men At Play
Great Men At Play
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The reply being satisfactory, he said, " Pray, stay, while I step into the next room ; *' but he never returned — ^he had shot himself. The news, how- -ever, took no one by surprise, for it was a matter of common talk how desperate his continued losses had made him; and he had even asked several persons, ** indirectly at first, afterwards pretty directly, on the easiest mode of finishing life." Then there is the well-known desperate weiger of Lord Worthall, who, at a gambling party, lost all hi...s money. In a fit of excitement he staked his whole estate against £1,000 at cutting low with cards, and in cutting exclaimed — " Up now Deuce, or else a Trey, Or Worthall's gone for ever and aye." Fortunately for him he had the luck to cut the deuce of diamonds; and, to commemorate this moment of peril, he had the deuce of diamonds cut in marble and fixed on the parapet of his mansion.
Digitized by VjOOQIC 176 GREAT MEN AT PLA Y.
A story is told of Sir William Colepepper that^ after he had ruined himself at the gaming-table by his reckless disregard of the value of money^ his whole delight was to sit there and see otbera gradually ruined.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The reply being satisfactory, he said, " Pray, stay, while I step into the next room ; *' but he never returned — ^he had shot himself. The news, how- -ever, took no one by surprise, for it was a matter of common talk how desperate his continued losses had made him; and he had even asked several persons, ** indirectly at first, afterwards pretty directly, on the easiest mode of finishing life." Then there is the well-known desperate weiger of Lord Worthall, who, at a gambling party, lost all hi...s money. In a fit of excitement he staked his whole estate against £1,000 at cutting low with cards, and in cutting exclaimed — " Up now Deuce, or else a Trey, Or Worthall's gone for ever and aye." Fortunately for him he had the luck to cut the deuce of diamonds; and, to commemorate this moment of peril, he had the deuce of diamonds cut in marble and fixed on the parapet of his mansion.
Digitized by VjOOQIC 176 GREAT MEN AT PLA Y.
A story is told of Sir William Colepepper that^ after he had ruined himself at the gaming-table by his reckless disregard of the value of money^ his whole delight was to sit there and see otbera gradually ruined.
What to read after Great Men At Play?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Dyer, T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton), B. 1848 to read onlineMoreLess
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