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 Mind, the Constitution and the Purse. It is the Grave of every noble Principle, … playing a double Pool, is more destructive of the delicate Charms of Beauty, than a Fever or a Confumption. The Love of Gaming is productive of every Fault that can threaten our domestic Treasures and Happiness, and is not less perni- cious … Is it not more strange that nothing should be heard of in the Circles of the Polite but Cards ? Is it not horrible that Gaming should be esteemed one of the Branches of Education, and that a young Lady should be an Adept in the Maxims of …
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