Gambling [ Games & Sports ]
… , that He, who in Company should appear ignorant of the Games in vogue, would be reckon’d low bred, and hardly fit for Conversation.' 11 11 . Richard Seymour, The Court Gamester: or, Full and Easy Instructions for Playing the Games now in … elegance, were skills that vouched for the public respectability of a gentleman, provided that he had good manners and conversation. Therefore, g ambling was often ritualized and required the control of one’s emotions. For instance, faro … and his relatives as well as for society as a whole. As early as 1685, Jean Frain du Tremblay, in a treatise entitled Conversations morales sur les jeux et les divertissements , considered gambling as a sinful pastime: 20 Théophile …
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