… 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 may be few people absolutely ruined by deep play ; but very many are much hurt in their circumstances by it.” JOHNSON. “Yes, Sir, and so are very many by other kinds of expence.” I had heard him talk once before in the same manner; … 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 and Co., 1922, vol. 5, p. 49-52. Full volume …