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The Connoisseur 82 (1755) [ Practices ]
… requisite" to make the marrriage state happy." In these hasty and unequal matches it sometimes happens, that mutual love gives way to mutual reproaches. We may perhaps too late repent of our bargain: and though Repentance be an excellent …
Drinking | Women | Rake | Gaming | Gentleman
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Duelling [ Politics & Society ]
… that : ‘[…] by the Force of a Tyrant Custom, which is misnamed a Point of Honour, the Duellist kills his Friend whom he loves; and the Judge condemns the Duellist, while he approves his Behaviour.' 10 And The Spectator advocates finding … his stepson. The end of Clarissa is perhaps the most perfect example of the contradiction of duels, when Morden defeats Lovelace in the final scene, in spite of the heroine’s entreaties: When the Colonel took leave of him, M. Lovelace said in French, You have well revenged the dear creature. I have, sir, said Mr Morden, in the same language: and …
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Gambling [ Games & Sports ]
Clubs | Duelling | Gaming | Gentleman | Horseracing | Suicide
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Conversation [ Communication / Education / Social interaction / Language & Speech ]
… were she not to learn it, she ‘might almost as well condemn [herself] to perpetual silence’. 22 18 . Maria and Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Practical Education, 3 vols, 2nd ed. (London: J. Johnson, 1801), p. 357. 19 . Maria Edgeworth, Letters …
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Betting book [ Sports & Gaming accessories ]
… clubs developed in England bringing together members who had a passion for a particular sport – and sometimes also a love of the gambling such sport encouraged. B etting almost immediately became the raison d’être of racing . The Jockey …
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