Public Advertiser (1781) [ Practices ]
… To the Printer of the Public Advertiser. Sir, There is nothing more fascinating than the Plearure of Gaming, nothing more pernicious to the … at the same Time indulge a pleasing Hope, that this Letter will meet with your Approbation, and find a Place in the Public Advertiser. A. B. … "the Conversation which is engrossed for Hours upon playing … can afford no Improvement either to the Auditor or the Speaker." … Gaming … Conversation … Beauty … Taken from The Public Advertiser (London, England), no. 14521 (Thursday, Apr. 26, 1781). Transcribed by Alain Kerhervé from Burney …
Gaming | Conversation | Beauty
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