The Connoisseur 15 (1754) [ Practices ]
… chariots of many of our nobility may be said (like Count Basset's in the play) "to roll upon the four aces." This love of gaming has taken such entire possession of their ideas, that it infects their common conversation. The management … by gallantry and intrigue. During the publication of the Tatler , Sir Richard Steel thought proper to date all his love-news from that quarter: but it would now be as absurd to pretend to gather any such intelligence from White's ; as … the two will live longest. In this manner people of the moft opposite characters make up the subject of a bet. … "This love of gaming has taken such entire possession of their ideas, that it infects their common conversation." … Gambling … …
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