Roundabout Papers: To which is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon ; Critical Reviews ; The Four Georges ; The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century ; Sketches and Travels in LondonEstes and Lauriat, 1882 - Počet stran: 819 |
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... play far more cleverly than we do . But what an interest it imparts to life ! During the whole drive home I know I shall have my game at the journey's end ; am sure of my hand , and shall beat my adversary . Or I can play in another way ...
... play far more cleverly than we do . But what an interest it imparts to life ! During the whole drive home I know I shall have my game at the journey's end ; am sure of my hand , and shall beat my adversary . Or I can play in another way ...
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... playing at backgammon for an hour or two after dinner , in order by unbending his mind to promote digestion . " As for the High Church parsons , they all played , bishops and all . On Twelfth - day the Court used to play in state ...
... playing at backgammon for an hour or two after dinner , in order by unbending his mind to promote digestion . " As for the High Church parsons , they all played , bishops and all . On Twelfth - day the Court used to play in state ...
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... play . Gibbon tells of his playing for twenty - two hours at a sitting , and losing 500l . an hour . That indomitable punter said that the greatest pleasure in life , after winning , was losing . What hours , what nights , what health ...
... play . Gibbon tells of his playing for twenty - two hours at a sitting , and losing 500l . an hour . That indomitable punter said that the greatest pleasure in life , after winning , was losing . What hours , what nights , what health ...
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