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… However, many feared that this practice would spread among the ladies, as expressed in the Connoisseur n°15: They are at present very deep in cards and dice; […] I am inclined to suspect that our women of fashion will also learn to divert … money but usually ‘one bottle of wine’: significantly enough, the gain of the bet was often shared between the members present, emphasizing the convivial nature of such a practice. 7 In a different but still homosocial context, betting … day twelve months between England and France. (Bourke 34) Feb. 4 1783. Lord Derby bets Genl. Smith 10 Guineas that the present Parliament is dissolved on or before this Day Twelve months. ( Brooks’s 87) 9 . Algernon Bourke, The History of …
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