Public Advertiser (1781) [ Practices ]
… of this pernicious Amusement. 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 … our Mothers used to spend in Working, Point, and Embroidery, in visiting their Sick Neighbours, &c. are now devoted to Cards; and the Cares of a Family do not dissolve to the Mistress , but to a hired Servant, who is named a Houfiekeeper. …
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