Gambling [ Games & Sports ]
… of sociability but was denounced as anti-social. Practices > Games & Sports Keywords Clubs Duelling Gaming Gentleman Horseracing Suicide From the Restoration to the first decade of the Victorian era, gaming and gambling spread through all … Grandison, in Richardson ’s eponymous novel, Sir Thomas embodies a type of masculinity based on gambling, betting on horses, and debts of honour. Smollett’s Ferdinand ( The Adventures of Ferdinand, Count Fathom , 1753) is excellent at …
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