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" I shall not determine; but I think it is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards, with no other conversation but what is made up of a few game phrases, and no other... "
Materials for thinking extracted from the works of the learned of all ages - Página 210
por Materials - 1846
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Better Not: A Discussion of Certain Social Customs

John Heyl Vincent - 1892 - 104 páginas
...encroaching wasters of time." To this let us add the testimony of Addison : " I think it very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen...figures. Would not a man laugh to hear any one of this species complaining that life is short ?" Let us hear what Dr. JG Holland says on the subject...
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The Spectator: A Digest-index

William Wheeler - 1892 - 200 páginas
...Ceremony of opening the mouth. 782-1-6. See also MAZARIN ; RICHELIEU ; WOLSEY. Cards. It is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen...or red spots ranged together in different figures. 147-2-5. Sir Roger included packs of cards in his Christmas gifts to poor families in his parish. 387-1-6....
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Selections from the Spectator of Addison and Steele

A. Meserole - 1896 - 450 páginas
...gaming has even thus much to say for itself I shall not determine ; but I think it is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen...figures. Would not a man laugh to hear any one of this species complaining that life is short? The stage might be made a perpetual source of the most...
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The Spectator, Volumen2

George Gregory Smith - 1897 - 356 páginas
...Gaming has even thus much to say for it self, I shall not determine; but I think it is very wonderful to see Persons of the best Sense passing away a dozen...Figures, Would not a Man laugh to hear any one of this Species complaining that Life is short? But the Mind never unbends it self so agreeably as in...
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Essays and Tales

Joseph Addison - 1901 - 208 páginas
...gaming has even thus much to say for itself, I shall not determine ; but I think it is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen...figures. Would not a man laugh to hear any one of this species complaining that life is short ? The stage might be made a perpetual source of tha SPARE...
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A Multitude of Counsellors: Being a Collection of Codes, Precepts and Rules ...

Josephus Nelson Larned - 1901 - 518 páginas
...of gaming has even thus much to say for itself, I shall not determine; but I think it very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen...figures. Would not a man laugh to hear any one of this species complaining that life is short ? The stage might be made a perpetual source of the most...
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A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the ...

Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 772 páginas
...and diviilingu pack of cards with no conversation but what is mude up of a few game-phrases, and IK» other ideas but those of black or red spots ranged together in different ligures. Would not a man laugh to hear any one of his species complaining that life is short 'Í—...
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A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the ...

Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 páginas
...ruinous corruption in any language. CARDS.-It is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing shadows, so we may measure the height and antiquity of the trut conversation but what is made up of a few game-phrasea, and no other ideas but those of black or red...
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Every Life a Delight

James Henry Potts - 1914 - 346 páginas
...in his favor was his detestation of card-playing. He could n't see how intelligent people can pass a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards, with no other conversation except a few game phrases. 6 %^ >X4^ SERENITY Human anger is never commendable, and rarely excusable....
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Essays of Joseph Addison, Volumen1

Joseph Addison - 1915 - 464 páginas
...gaming has even thus much to say for itself, I shall not determine ; but I think it is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen...figures. Would not a man laugh to hear any one of this species complaining that life is short ? The stage might be made a perpetual source of the most...
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