The History of Gambling in EnglandDifference between Gaming and Gambling-Universality and Antiquity of Gambling-Isis and Osiris-Games and Dice of the Egyptians-China and India-The Jews-Among the Greeks and Romans-Among Mahometans-Early Dicing-Dicing in England in the 13th and 14th Centuries-In the 17th Century-Celebrated Gamblers-Bourchier-Swiss Anecdote-Dicing in the 18th Century. Gaming is derived from the Saxon word Gamen, meaning joy, pleasure, sports, or gaming-and is so interpreted by Bailey, in his Dictionary of 1736; whilst Johnson gives Gamble-to play extravagantly for money, and this distinction is to be borne in mind in the perusal of this book; although the older term was in use until the invention of the later-as we see in Cotton's Compleat Gamester (1674), in which he gives the following excellent definition of the word: -"Gaming is an enchanting witchery, gotten between Idleness and Avarice: an itching disease, that makes some scratch the head, whilst others, as if they were bitten by a Tarantula, are laughing themselves to death; or, lastly, it is a paralytical distemper, which, seizing the arm, the man cannot chuse but shake his elbow. |
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... Faro . — 4 . Two Crowpees , 1 who watch the Cards , and gather the Money for the Bank . - 5 . Two Puffs , who have Money given them to decoy others to play . -6 . A Clerk , who is a Check upon the Puffs , to see that they sink none of ...
... Faro . — 4 . Two Crowpees , 1 who watch the Cards , and gather the Money for the Bank . - 5 . Two Puffs , who have Money given them to decoy others to play . -6 . A Clerk , who is a Check upon the Puffs , to see that they sink none of ...
Page 76
... Faro Banks Card - money- Gaming House end of Eighteenth Century - Anecdotes ... bank ; and the latter was notorious for her " make up , " as we may see by ... Faro bank ; and as these fair ones were then somewhat passées , the ...
... Faro Banks Card - money- Gaming House end of Eighteenth Century - Anecdotes ... bank ; and the latter was notorious for her " make up , " as we may see by ... Faro bank ; and as these fair ones were then somewhat passées , the ...
Page 77
... bank notes are before her , and , on her right hand , are two heaps of loose ... bank notes , a sword , and an order . One other lady , probably Lady ... Faro's Daugh- ters , or the Kenyonian Blow Up to Gamblers . " Here we see ...
... bank notes are before her , and , on her right hand , are two heaps of loose ... bank notes , a sword , and an order . One other lady , probably Lady ... Faro's Daugh- ters , or the Kenyonian Blow Up to Gamblers . " Here we see ...
Page 78
... Faro bank had unaccountably disappeared . All eyes were turned towards her ladyship . Mrs Concannon said she once ... Faro bank . Townsend and his meddlesome police would poke their noses into the business , and , although they did ...
... Faro bank had unaccountably disappeared . All eyes were turned towards her ladyship . Mrs Concannon said she once ... Faro bank . Townsend and his meddlesome police would poke their noses into the business , and , although they did ...
Page 79
... FARO'S DAUGHTERS BEWARE " the Lord Chief Justice is depicted as adminis ... Banks now lose almost every evening , after defraying the expenses of the house ... bank holders towards the night's expenses . The GAMBLING IN ENGLAND 79.
... FARO'S DAUGHTERS BEWARE " the Lord Chief Justice is depicted as adminis ... Banks now lose almost every evening , after defraying the expenses of the house ... bank holders towards the night's expenses . The GAMBLING IN ENGLAND 79.
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