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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... perhaps , the most destruc- tive stride in his infamous career . And after often visit- ing and betting on faro , he must needs acquaint himself with it , and for that purpose he must have a set of tools , which will cost him from two ...
... perhaps , the most destruc- tive stride in his infamous career . And after often visit- ing and betting on faro , he must needs acquaint himself with it , and for that purpose he must have a set of tools , which will cost him from two ...
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... perhaps we have some friends who are comparatively in the dark in relation to such matters ; and if so , it is certainly our duty to inform them , that they may not be subjected to the danger of having to learn by sad experience . In ...
... perhaps we have some friends who are comparatively in the dark in relation to such matters ; and if so , it is certainly our duty to inform them , that they may not be subjected to the danger of having to learn by sad experience . In ...
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... perhaps one hundred dollars each ; and each man that has a horse , which he thinks can win , enters him , and they run , and the fastest horse takes the whole of the money : then , " she added , " you are at liberty to bet on any one ...
... perhaps one hundred dollars each ; and each man that has a horse , which he thinks can win , enters him , and they run , and the fastest horse takes the whole of the money : then , " she added , " you are at liberty to bet on any one ...
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... perhaps ten thousand dollars . This property his father and mother then held , and had been left him by his grand- father , who had died when he was quite an infant , and had made him his sole heir after he was twenty - one years old ...
... perhaps ten thousand dollars . This property his father and mother then held , and had been left him by his grand- father , who had died when he was quite an infant , and had made him his sole heir after he was twenty - one years old ...
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... perhaps as much as that in a single month , and he tells me that he is determined to live out the interest of his capital ; and , sir , he thinks nothing of sitting down at a card party and losing five hundred dollars at once , and ...
... perhaps as much as that in a single month , and he tells me that he is determined to live out the interest of his capital ; and , sir , he thinks nothing of sitting down at a card party and losing five hundred dollars at once , and ...
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Стр. 179 - ... agree, the extra cards may be drawn by the dealer from his opponent's hand: and the same if the dealer gives himself too many cards. But, in either case, if a single card has been played, there must be a new deal. 3. No person can beg more than once in a hand, unless both parties agree.
Стр. 311 - ... of slighted, abused affection with the tears of starved and shivering childhood, — piercing her ear at once with the moans for bread and the curses of disappointed brutality. Once more, and there should be a GRAVE ! — a green and lowly grave — where the faithful heart that loved him to the last should rest from all its pangs, and the child that he had slighted should sleep as cold and still as the bosom that once nourished it; a grave! where even the wide and distant heaven should be kinder...
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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.