Old Times; a Picture of Social Life At the End of the Eighteenth Century
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" The expence of entertainments at a Gaming House of the highest class, in St. James' Square, during the eight months of last season, has been said to exceed 6000 Guineas/ what must be the profits to afford such a profusion ? " — {Times, March 21, 1797) " The Pharo Trade is likely to experience a more severe i So Old Times.
check from the recent refusal of some fashionable Gamesters to liquidate their debts, than from the accumulated terrors of Police persecution. If the punters won't pay, the ...dealers may as well shut up shop."— (Times, Sept. 23, 1797.) " If a man should happen, in a Cockpit, to make a bet which he is not able to answer, he is put into a basket, and pulled up to the ceiling, where he remains suspended during the sport. It is recommended to the Pharo Bankers to institute some such punishment for the Lady ' Levanters.'" — (Times, Sept. 23, 1997.) " To such a height has the spirit of gambling arisen, that at some of the great Tables it is not uncommon to see the stake consist wholly of property in kind.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" The expence of entertainments at a Gaming House of the highest class, in St. James' Square, during the eight months of last season, has been said to exceed 6000 Guineas/ what must be the profits to afford such a profusion ? " — {Times, March 21, 1797) " The Pharo Trade is likely to experience a more severe i So Old Times.
check from the recent refusal of some fashionable Gamesters to liquidate their debts, than from the accumulated terrors of Police persecution. If the punters won't pay, the ...dealers may as well shut up shop."— (Times, Sept. 23, 1797.) " If a man should happen, in a Cockpit, to make a bet which he is not able to answer, he is put into a basket, and pulled up to the ceiling, where he remains suspended during the sport. It is recommended to the Pharo Bankers to institute some such punishment for the Lady ' Levanters.'" — (Times, Sept. 23, 1997.) " To such a height has the spirit of gambling arisen, that at some of the great Tables it is not uncommon to see the stake consist wholly of property in kind.
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