The Connoisseur 82 (1755) [ Practices ]
… man. The next character, whom I would advise you to shun, is the GAMESTER, in some respects not unlike the former. The gaming-table is his shrine, and fortune his deity; nor does he ever speak or think of any other, unless by way of … it: so that a man cannot entirely refrain from his glass, if he keeps any company at all. " … Drinking … Women … Rake … Gaming … Gentleman … George Colman and Bonnell Thornton, The Connoisseur. By Mr. Town, critic and censor-general. …
Drinking | Women | Rake | Gaming | Gentleman
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