Life of Johnson (1776) [ People / Practices ]
… I mentioned a new gaming-club, of which Mr. Beauclerk had given me an account, where the members played to a desperate extent. JOHNSON. “Depend upon it, Sir, this is mere talk. Who is ruined by gaming? You will not find six instances in an age. There is a strange rout made about deep play: whereas you have many … and if it be considered as a vow-God : and, therefore, it cannot be dissolved by their consent alone." … Marriage … Gaming … Taken from James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson. New York : Printed for Gabriel Wells by Doubleday, Page …
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