Public Advertiser (1781) [ Practices ]
… the Female Voice is too often made dissonant by the Peevishnefs occasioned by a Loss, and the late Hours occasioned by playing a double Pool, is more destructive of the delicate Charms of Beauty, than a Fever or a Confumption. The Love of … thrown out, which might be of Service to Mankind in general; but the Conversation which is engrossed for Hours upon playing alone, Basto, Ponto, Manille, Matts, and Fish, can afford no Improvement either to the Auditor or the Speaker. … to the Mistress , but to a hired Servant, who is named a Houfiekeeper. I will not draw out this Invective against Card-playing any longer, for fear of its proving too tedious; but shall conclude, though at the same Time indulge a pleasing …
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