Public Advertiser (1781) [ Practices ]
… who is an entire Stranger to the first Principles of Religion ? People used formerly to meet together for the Sake of Conversation ; but ever since the Card Table has been in Fashion, all the Pleasures of Speech have been suppressed, and a … our Friends or ourselves, several noble Hints were thrown out, which might be of Service to Mankind in general; but the Conversation which is engrossed for Hours upon playing alone, Basto, Ponto, Manille, Matts, and Fish, can afford no … meet with your Approbation, and find a Place in the Public Advertiser. A. B. … "the Conversation which is engrossed for Hours upon playing alone, Basto, Ponto, Manille, Matts, and Fish, can afford no …
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