An Exposure of the Arts and Miseries of Gambling: Designed Especially as a Warning to the Youthful and Inexperienced Against the Evils of that Odious and Destructive ViseRedding, 1845 - Всего страниц: 324 |
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... five years he returned , and found his parents very much elated at the improvement Mr. C- and Mr. T he had made . There 20 ARTS AND MISERIES an untimely Death by Gambling, An Affecting Account of a Young Man brought to Ruin.
... five years he returned , and found his parents very much elated at the improvement Mr. C- and Mr. T he had made . There 20 ARTS AND MISERIES an untimely Death by Gambling, An Affecting Account of a Young Man brought to Ruin.
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... five hundred dollars with him , to purchase a fine carriage in the city , and some other articles for the family and himself . He thought he would go out and make the purchases before the time appointed for the races to begin . He went ...
... five hundred dollars with him , to purchase a fine carriage in the city , and some other articles for the family and himself . He thought he would go out and make the purchases before the time appointed for the races to begin . He went ...
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... five . They started again for the third heat , and when they had run about three quarters of a mile , Mr. T. waved his handkerchief , the gray shot forward like an arrow , and won the heat . Mr. C. was now vexed with himself that he had ...
... five . They started again for the third heat , and when they had run about three quarters of a mile , Mr. T. waved his handkerchief , the gray shot forward like an arrow , and won the heat . Mr. C. was now vexed with himself that he had ...
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... Five . - Miss Amelia a Good Diplomatist . he asked Mr. T. which was his favorite horse . " O , the black , of course ... five ; the horse that beats three heats first , takes the purse ; this they call the best three in five . And now ...
... Five . - Miss Amelia a Good Diplomatist . he asked Mr. T. which was his favorite horse . " O , the black , of course ... five ; the horse that beats three heats first , takes the purse ; this they call the best three in five . And now ...
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... five hun- dred thousand dollars , and all in cash , sir , and is one of those gentlemen who do not stand on their money the least ; the very jewelry he has on is probably worth not less than two thousand dollars ; and why need he care ...
... five hun- dred thousand dollars , and all in cash , sir , and is one of those gentlemen who do not stand on their money the least ; the very jewelry he has on is probably worth not less than two thousand dollars ; and why need he care ...
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acquainted advantage amount amusement artifice banker beat become better betting bottom called Card Manufactories chance cheats clubs Cribbage deal dealer dice Doctor draw drawn numbers Effects of Gambling Evils of Gaming favor feel five four four aces friends Game of Faro gamester gentleman give gray horse Half Tickets hand hearts honorable horse horse-racing Hoyle hundred dollars jack kind king lose lost lottery Lottery-Dealer marked cards means Miscellaneous Examples Miss Amelia never odds Orleans pack parents parolet perhaps persons play play cards player Poker practised prize professional Gamblers propose playing punter race roulette ruin Scheme-Book second card secret partner shuffle soon spades spring stake steamboats stocking strippers suppose swindling tell thing thousand dollars tickets told top card trump turned Various deceptive Tricks Various Games vice villany whist wish young
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Стр. 148 - The young man, who had gone to bed, got up, and felt a strong propensity to win all. He began betting on the game again, and in a short time lost the whole of his nine hundred dollars trying to win a button : for that was all he could have won, as the man had no money at first, but what he had won from the young man. The young man was obliged to make his way home, without his health being benefited, and without his money. (i) THE RUINED MERCHANT. — A writer in the
Стр. 278 - Drawing of the Lottery. The following is a copy of a handbill issued by the proprietors of the lottery immediately after a drawing, for the information of ticket-holders, and all others interested : — DRAWING OF THE LOTTERY. The following are the numbers which were this day drawn from the seventy-eight placed in the wheel, viz. : — 1 2 3 4...
Стр. 147 - ... against the button, and the banker won. He tried again and again, until he lost some three or four dollars, to win the button, and then went to bed. The banker had now several persons betting small bets on the game, and had won some eight or ten dollars, and there was quite a noise and bustle going on. The young man who had quit and gone to bed, got up, and felt a strong propensity to win all.