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The Connoisseur 15 (1754) [ Practices ]
… and that they are more concerned about the transactions of The two clubs at White's than the proceedings of both Houses of Parliament. Thus it happens that estates are now almost as frequently made over by whiff and hazard as by deeds … absurd to pretend to gather any such intelligence from White's ; as to send to Batson's for a lawyer, or to the Roll's Coffee-house for a man-midwife. The gentlemen who now frequent this place profess a kind of universal Scepticism; and as they …
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West End of London [ Cities / Institutions ]
Aristocracy | Consumption | Clubs | Elite | Gambling | Gender | Opera
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Betting book [ Sports & Gaming accessories ]
… form of a bet on their own survival; the Royal Exchange, incorporated in 1720, started to offer life insurance. Lloyd’s coffee-house was a place where seafaring captains could share shipping news and negotiate private contracts to cover the risk of …
Conflict | Conviviality | Gambling | Gentleman
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Horseracing [ Games & Sports ]
… took place in the period from March to October, when fashionable nobility and gentry society moved from London or town houses to enjoy county estate life and a nearby urban race meeting’s multiple leisure attractions. Towns were well aware … betting on major races and high-stakes matches grew over time, encouraged by the elite associability of London clubs , coffeehouses or betting houses like Tattersall’s Turf Tavern, and from late in the century, the emergence of professional …
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